Timeline for Was any indentation-sensitive language ever used with a teletype or punch cards?
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| Dec 1, 2022 at 2:39 | comment | added | Leo B. | As columns 73-80 were ignored, they could be used to put punched card sequence numbers there - typically spaced by 10 or by 100 to simplify insertions, similar to BASIC - so that if a deck is dropped accidentally (or in frustration), it could be sorted mechanically. | |
| Nov 28, 2022 at 11:26 | vote | accept | rwallace | ||
| Nov 25, 2022 at 14:53 | comment | added | dave | +1, but this technically isn't an answer to 'was any indentation-sensitive language...', since it's arguing (convincingly) that COBOL is not an indentation-sensitive language. | |
| Nov 25, 2022 at 13:33 | history | answered | mannaggia | CC BY-SA 4.0 |