Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...])

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Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

> On Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:46:51 -0400, steve g wrote:
>
>> His thesis hung in the balance because in fortran you need to end
>> the program with a period.
>
> That was a requirement in Pascal, not in any Fortran I ever encountered.

Yes you are correct about pascal. You are probably correct about
fortran. I believe my prof had used a punch card (maybe one too many
times) - not really a program; but the language might be wrong but the
classes were entertaining.

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Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-03 10:28 +0200
  Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-03 05:20 -0400
    Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-03 14:50 +0200
    Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-04 00:07 +0000
  Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com> - 2026-10-12 18:09 -0400
    Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-10-13 04:29 +0200
      Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com> - 2026-10-19 12:46 -0400
        Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-20 01:00 +0000
          Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com> - 2026-10-20 12:30 -0400

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