> I discovered the myths of Procrustes and his infamous bed Strangely, the ZX81 BASIC manual mentions him in the context of "Procrustean strings"[0] - "To make

> I discovered the myths of Procrustes and his infamous bed Strangely, the ZX81 BASIC manual mentions him in the context of "Procrustean strings"[0] - "To make sure this happens, the string that is being assigned to it is cut off on the right if it is too long, or filled out with spaces if it is too short - this is called Procrustean assignment after the inn-keeper Procrustes who used to make sure that his guests fitted the bed by either stretching them out on a rack or cutting their feet off." [0] https://archive.org/details/zx-81-basic-programming/page/n59/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/zx-81-basic-programming/page/n59...