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FORTRAN is well known to have a 72 column limit. The reason is that the IBM 704 had a 36-bit word, and the card reader supplied only two words per row.
by kps 12y ago
FORTRAN is well known to have a 72 column limit. The reason is that the IBM 704 had a 36-bit word, and the card reader supplied only two words per row.