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On 2024-08-17, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 16:52:27 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> I soon gave up on punching sequence numbers in source decks.
>> Our programs were subject to frequent modifications that required moving
>> large blocks of code around, which meant that the sequence numbers
>> became meaningless.
>
> This is why you didn’t have the sequence go up in steps of 1, but use
> larger steps, like say 100. That made it easier to insert new cards with
> in-between numbers.
That definitely helps. But certain operations, e.g. re-factoring code,
involve moving large blocks of code around. That's when things break
down. Oh well, there's still the diagonal strip along the top of the
deck - although that too gets messed up when moving large blocks of code.
--
/~\ Charlie Gibbs | We'll go down in history as the
\ / | first society that wouldn't save
X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | itself because it wasn't cost-
/ \ if you read it the right way. | effective. -- Kurt Vonnegut
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