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Re:Why do we call it “boilerplate code?” by kragen on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @02:37PM (#33613901)
no, this is talking about a solid page-sized plate of type, not phrase-sized plate of type

before the stereotype process, you printed from the individual letters of type, as people still do today for flyers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_%28printing%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterpress_printing

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