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   From: peter@silmaril.ie   
      
   On 04/03/2025 15:23, Tim Slattery wrote:   
   [snip]   
   > A box of Hollerith (or IBM) cards held 2,000 cards. Each FORTRAN   
   > statement would go on a separate card, so 2,000 FORTRAN  statements   
   > is right. And if you dropped your box and spilled your cards, good   
   > luck getting them back in the correct order!   
      
   In my college, the computing centre had a card sorter, which was huge   
   and stood on cast-iron lion's feet which someone had painted gold :-)   
   But of course it only worked if your program statements or data lines   
   (cards) were numbered. You only drop a box of cards once.   
      
   (You may hear the voice of experience there :-)   
      
   Peter   
      
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