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#retroprogramming

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Got a PL/1 programming book today. Older than I thought when buying it for 2 eurobucks: the actual code isn't in Courier or similar fonts.

Nope, it's presented as a facsimile of handwritten punchcards.

They definitely could have gone with monospaced presentation, or even fancy proportional typeset code as was present in a lot of Algol manuals, as overall it wasn't just some mimeographed typewritten manuscript, it was all professional typography.

But handwritten ball and stick letters in a fake card grid is just how code looked to them, and thus was the appropriate skeuomorphism.

When reading #retroprogramming
documentation, you come across the logos of companies you only know from history.

For example, I had no idea RAND's logo was so Southern California boutique hotel adjacent. It promises a freshly-plastered pool, a vibrant hotel bar with a swinging jazz trio, and accurate payload calculations on a bombing run only slightly inside of Cambodia.

Some more progresses on the script editor:
✅ Cursor's position
✅ File name text box
✅ Changed content indicator
❌ Undo/Redo
❌ Load
❌ Save
✅ Save As
❌ Cancel
❌ Copy/Cut/Paste
❌ Click on command -> Insert template at current cursor's position

The list is long but the code is pretty easy, I hope to complete this part in 2-3 days 😀 :amiga: