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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/users/tomjennings/statuses/115687390087978005">tom jennings (tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 12:13:58 JST</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tomjennings" title="tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/89692-48-20230806173656.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="tom jennings" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">tom jennings</a><div><a href="https://queer.hacktivis.me/objects/d97e78cc-a989-4e86-9813-bba327a8f71b" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://queer.hacktivis.me/users/lanodan">@lanodan</a> </p><p>To me, it's the opposite. You can't print a text string with $ in it!</p><p>Who needs to print a text string with $ in it? I actually don't, ever. I've never written business software.</p><p>The reason is probably knowable; I bet it's an IBM (etc) mainframe OS issue, where you can't easily represent non-printing characters in punch cards or something; the roots of this stuff are very old. </p><p>IBM 3270 terminals emulated sort of, a combination card punch and reader. Batch oriented, not characters.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5935381#notice-11674010">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-12-09T12:13:58+09:00" title="Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 12:13:58 JST">about 8 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tomjennings/115687390087978005" rel="external" title="Sent from tldr.nettime.org via ActivityPub">tldr.nettime.org</a></span></span><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tomjennings/115687390087978005">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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tom jennings (tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 12:13:58 JSTtom jennings
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To me, it's the opposite. You can't print a text string with $ in it!
Who needs to print a text string with $ in it? I actually don't, ever. I've never written business software.
The reason is probably knowable; I bet it's an IBM (etc) mainframe OS issue, where you can't easily represent non-printing characters in punch cards or something; the roots of this stuff are very old.
IBM 3270 terminals emulated sort of, a combination card punch and reader. Batch oriented, not characters.
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