Re: "Syntax error in line ..."
Magazine producers initially didn't have a clue how to reproduce listings on a page, they would use fonts where 1 & l and O and 0 were indistinguishable, add random line breaks, and often miss the end off a listing completely if it didn't fit the page layout. Fixing such issues after typing it all in was good experience for a career in sofrtware though.
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