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Turing's Cathedralby jmlynesjr (Deacon) |
on Jun 01, 2013 at 15:51 UTC ( [id://1036467]=perlmeditation: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
If you are interested in the history and people involved in the development of early stored-program computers, "Turing's Cathedral" by George Dyson is a good read. Although I am a generation behind these early developments, I saw my share of paper tape, punched cards, and hand coded and toggled in machine language. Did you ever drop the center out of a large roll of paper tape? The "good ole days". James There's never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over...
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