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On 09/11/15 18:28, Eric Sosman wrote:
> Also, a "C" in column 1 meant that columns 2-80 were ignored; "C" meant
> "comment."

columns 73-80 were always ignored.
Beware the "verbose" programmer who's statement strayed into column 73.

On a punched card it was reasonably easy to spot. But editing code on a teletype using a line editor was a different matter.