Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 22:01:34 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> Subject: Re: (very OT) Ideal partition schemes (history of partitioning) Message-ID: <20200829220134.5515d01e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <de560479619eba5f3a62e95faaed6323ac2a0e47.camel@riseup.net> References: <CAGBxaXkf53K4EHtq9cDaRm3MOZZixyBq-aQfZ7upHo-wUwrmCg@mail.gmail.com> <20200829154417.8dd5f83d.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.20.2008291356260.79589@fledge.watson.org> <c8440d63-d5d7-3880-d335-a832cfdde55e@kicp.uchicago.edu> <de560479619eba5f3a62e95faaed6323ac2a0e47.camel@riseup.net>
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On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 21:10:16 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > "Card reader" nowadays is for something else. In specific settings, where programmers are writing programs for today's mainframe systems, you even encounter youngsters picking up terminology from their elderly counterparts; they say things like "My job card isn't working!" or "There is something wrong with the data cards." or even "The object deck cannot be found." They also "print" files, "load" "tapes", "punch" objects, and re-IPL. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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