Re: Disassembler

In article <1141137619.797762.312570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Alistair <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Pete Dashwood wrote:
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Pete Dashwood wrote:

I can think of at least two separate sites (and a number of occasions on
both of them) where we were very glad to have source recreated from listings
after decks of cards got shredded or minced in various readers or were
destroyed by water after a storm where part of the roof was removed...

Maybe your bud's Boss was an oldtimer like me :-)

I worked in a place where an operator dropped a whole tray of punched
jcl cards (and successfully mixed them quicker than a poker dealer
could have done).

Oh, I *cannot* resist...

000100 AND WITH THESE AND OTHER INSTANCES IN MIND WE SHOULD, THEREFORE,
000200 MAKE SURE THAT ALL CODE IS BACKWARDSLY-COMPATIBLE WITH SUCH
000300 LIMITATIONS... JUST BECAUSE I HAVEN'T WORKED WITH A PUNCHED DECK
000400 IN DECADES IS NO REASON NOT TO 'JUST IN CASE' THINGS, RIGHT?

DD

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  • Re: Disassembler
    ... Pete Dashwood wrote: ... I can think of at least two separate sites (and a number of occasions on ... jcl cards (and successfully mixed them quicker than a poker dealer ...
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  • Re: Disassembler
    ... I can think of at least two separate sites (and a number of occasions on ... jcl cards (and successfully mixed them quicker than a poker dealer ... JUST BECAUSE I HAVEN'T WORKED WITH A PUNCHED DECK ...
    (comp.lang.cobol)