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[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 32 points 3 days ago

Dad was a programmer on IBM 700/7000 series. He always slashed the letter O. Years later in programming people were slashing zeroes and I was mighty confused. Some greybeard explained it eventually.

[-] gift_of_gab@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Years later in programming people were slashing zeroes and I was mighty confused. Some greybeard explained it eventually.

As someone who slashes their zeroes, ouch.

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

Well it was someone else who spent most of their career with FØRTRAN punchcards. By the time I was learning BASIC in the 1980s it had moved to the zero.