pedroaniceto

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   by pedroaniceto 2y ago

   Read my comment below about the french language domination
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   by pedroaniceto 2y ago

   Yes, a single variable notification in code, could cost THOUSANDS just because someone would punch ONE card with the new data, compile it (with no errors), save it on a cassete tape, (write the label of the tape with a new version number) a
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   by pedroaniceto 2y ago

   ;) Punching cards was in fact my first "decent" job. There were the "punchers" and "the programmers". A real social battle...
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   by pedroaniceto 2y ago

   'till the 80's, french was the computer dominating language. Terms like "Octeto" (portuguese for byte) were derived from french glossary (tehy had laws to prevent the english tech term colonization and still today they h
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   by pedroaniceto 2y ago

   Those were the days...