There was a numeric label in columns 1-6, I think the c was in column 7.

-----Original Message-----
From: Henry Schaffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 2:09 PM
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Subject: Re: An update to the little script I post the other day...


>Yeah, I don't know which came first, the coding form or the symbol
table =
>design. And since everything had to fit into the first 72 columns of an
=
>80 column card, real estate was precious.

  For FORTRAN, wasn't the first column reserved to designate a Comment
card?  (I'm sure that the "C" had to go in col. 1, but I don't remember
if anything else could go there.)

--henry schaffer


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