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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Years later in programming people were slashing zeroes and I was mighty confused. Some greybeard explained it eventually.

As someone who slashes their zeroes, ouch.

[–] DrBob 5 points 2 days ago

Well it was someone else who spent most of their career with FØRTRAN punchcards. By the time I was learning BASIC in the 1980s it had moved to the zero.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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