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Comment by rbanffy

3 days ago

> The largest subroutine was over 10kloc.

I wonder when the first FORTRAN 77 linter happened.

> The best part is that the code was originally punched onto cards, so most of the early code's comments and documentation were on paper in filing cabinets

And then to spend a card on a comment line...

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