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Make note of the character on the inside of the lid, or on the log, to be used to locate the final cache in this series, GC947D1 - Programming Languages Final Exam

WATFIV, or WATerloo FORTRAN IV, developed at the University of Waterloo, Canada is an implementation of the Fortran computer programming language. It is the successor of WATFOR.

WATFIV was used from the late 1960s into the mid-1980s. WATFIV was in turn succeeded by later versions of WATFOR. Because it could complete the three usual steps ("compile-link-go") in just one pass, the system became popular for teaching students computer programming.

Source: Wikipedia

I had decided that I was interested in computer programming as an occupation. I had an opportunity to take some college level courses at nearby SUNY-Binghamton (now Binghamton University). The first course I took was a using the WATFIV language on punched cards.

The one interesting event I remember in this class was during the first class a man was waiting to talk to the teacher, and when a man in a suit came in, he approached the man, only belatedly realizing that this was another student. Finally the teacher walked in, but the man didn't approach him until he dropped his books on the front table. He was dressed a bit down, explaining he just came from an intramural football game. Today, we probably wouldn't think anything about his appearance, but for then, it was still probably a bit less than normal.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Xarr uvtu ba fubeg whavcre

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)