From: Harry Ohlsen Date: 2004-02-26T08:22:57+09:00 Subject: Re: New paradigm of introspective OO development Matt Lawrence wrote: > Errrr, punch cards were used for 1890 census. True, but that was purely for data (and characterisation of the data into buckets, I guess), not for programming any kind of computer per se ... as far as I recall from that one lecture, 20 years ago, where the origins of Hollerith cards was discussed :-). H.