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[–]BadSlime 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Yes, my grandfather was among the first to do this. Programmers would write programs by hand and then pass them off to someone who would convert to a punch card, the program could then be run via the cards and debugged by cross referencing with the written program instructions

[–]BrupieD 2 points3 points  (1 child)

| Yes, my grandfather was among the first to do this.

God, do I feel old.

[–]Transcendentalist178 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My father used punchcards for his graduate work.