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From: Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue
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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:

> On 15/01/17 23:09, Gareth Owen wrote:
>> Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>>
>>> Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Of course, Tim's depth of knowledge of experience does suggest that he's
>>>> been programming since the time that punch cards were made of papyrus,
>>>> so its not out of the question.
>>>
>>> Yes, it's a little known fact that the ancient Egyptians
>>> developed the world's first computers around the time
>>> of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.  And they had a heck of
>>> a time keeping those papyrus punch card readers working,
>>> I can tell you.
>>
>> Exacerbated by having to use variable names like "picture of bird",
>> "two reeds" and "sheaf of corn".
>
> And, famously, they had no way to indicate to the calling environment
> a successful termination of their C programs.

True, but their interest in pyramids meant that most of their
implementations were free-standing.