• Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Dad was a programmer on IBM 700/7000 series. He always slashed the letter O. Years later in programming people were slashing zeroes and I was mighty confused. Some greybeard explained it eventually.

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      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.

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        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.