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Consistently separating words by spaces became a general custom about the tenth century A.D., and lasted until about 1957, when FORTRAN abandoned the practice.

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The primary purpose of the Data statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable Pi can be given that value with a Data statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change.

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I know UNIX, PASCAL, C, FORTRAN, COBOL, and nineteen other high-tech words.

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Real programmers don't write in PLI. PLI is for programmers who can't decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN.

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