time that i was programming. i was typing stuff on cards, and you’d bring your card deck up and you’d hand it to the computer. and you’d read it through the computer. and then the computer would come back and say syntax error. and sometimes it took several hours to get back the results of your program. you’re going to get to do it in seconds, but in the old days when i was young, it took hours sometimes. and then all you get back is a syntax error and when i first started programming, i grew to kind of hate the creature that lived inside the computer because i 