Collective memory

[Richard Steiner]

Here in alt.folklore.computers,
Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> spake unto us, saying:

>Kevin Handy fed this fish to the penguins on Monday 07 July 2003 03:16 
>pm:
>
>> In FORTRAN, certial columns were allocated to specific purposes.
>> 1-5 for the line number, 6 for comment/continuation, 7-75 for the
>> program line, 76-80 for sequence numbers. [iirc]
>        <g>
>
>        C in 1 for Comment

Or an "*" in some compilers.

>        Anything in 6 for Continuation

...except a space.  :-)

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