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- From: john@drummond.demon.co.uk (John Fisher)
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- Subject: Re: Tim Chain Porn (Re: High School Athletes (lusher))
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 12:55:19 +0000
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- In article <1993Jan22.041513.5562@tc.cornell.edu> shore@dinah.tc.cornell.edu (Melinda Shore) writes:
-
- > HAH! When I was first started programming,
- > [...]
- > programmers
- > punched up object decks directly - none of this assembler
- > mnemonic wimp nonsense.
- >
- > Kids. Sigh.
-
- When I were a lad, we used to program computers by tapping
- on the side of the mercury delay lines with a pencil.
-
- Punching object decks? We'd have *killed* for a handpunch.
- They were for rich folks.
-
- But if you told young people that today, they wouldn't
- believe you...
-
- --John
-