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On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:53:14 -0400, Rich Ulrich wrote:

> We did weeks of programming to achieve, mostly, tabulations that, 5 or
> so years later, any informed user of SPSS or BMDP or SAS could set up
> and KEYPUNCH within an hour.

I learned FORTRAN IV in that era and decided programming wasn't for me. I 
became interested about 10 years later when the advent of microcontrollers 
meant you didn't need a large, air conditioned building and endless hours 
to get anything done.