Python indentation deters newbies?

[Roy Smith]

In article <5353i0l2qgl7c4jgskb0f0j5rkpgsd6aul at 4ax.com>,
 Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:21:02 -0400, mwilson at the-wire.com (Mel Wilson)
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
> 
> >    Column 72 is the last one available for statment text,
> > according to this IBM 888157 card here.
> >
> 	Well, at least I didn't extend into the "sequence number"
> field... It's been some 26 years since I last created a FORTRAN layout
> drum card.

I remember when I first found out about drum cards.  That was cool.  And 
people thing language-sensitive editors are something new, huh?