Re: Disassembler

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:48:50 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx () wrote:

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?

Belts and suspenders. Put sequence numbers in columns 1-6 and in
73-80 just to be safe. You never know when you might spill your
hard drive.
.

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