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minus-squaregift_of_gab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days ago 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.
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoWell 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.
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As someone who slashes their zeroes, ouch.
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.
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