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I started on Punch cards... Back in '86 we had a Bulgarian over at Bristol and he told us that in Bulgaria you only got one compile so if you wanted to change y
by gordonguthrie 14y ago
I started on Punch cards... Back in '86 we had a Bulgarian over at Bristol and he told us that in Bulgaria you only got one compile so if you wanted to change your programme you had to edit the object deck (ie assembler in punch cards).
- brudgers 14y agoI remember a Saturday making punch cards. I was probably five. He must have had an assignment due. He was back in grad school and still working full time. He's got stories about manually editing paper tape.