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Re:Accounting machines, the IBM 1403, and why printers stand... by hsnewman on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @05:55PM (#18973489)
I was in college learning Fortran on one of these. Half way through the class they moved us to a mainframe, I was amazed at how much more the compiler reported on the mainframe vs the 1403 (errors and warnings).
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