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This (along with the Burroughs B5000 architecture) are my favourite computers of all time. I have the book form of his thesis on my shelf right next to Knuth an
by spitfire 10y ago
This (along with the Burroughs B5000 architecture) are my favourite computers of all time. I have the book form of his thesis on my shelf right next to Knuth and Kenya Hara.
I feel like junior people should be given a tour of the greatest hits from the past when they start in industry.[1]
1. So they can judiciously steal the good ideas later on in their careers.
- pjmlp 10y agoFully agree it appears millenals somehow think history of computing starts with a PDP-11. It is really sad the state of culture transfer in our industry.
- bitwize 10y agoPDP-11? Try the 1984 Macintosh.
- gaius 10y agoHah! They think that JavaScript without a framework is "bare metal"...
- chris_st 10y agoI'll just leave this here: https://twitter.com/jimmycuadra/status/329759546283266048 https://twitter.com/jimmycuadra/status/329759546283266048
- pjmlp 10y agoWell that was my usual issue with C and the lack of knowledge of older languages like Espol. But yeah, I guess you're right. :)
- snaky 10y agoThey don't even know about computers with ternary logic like Setun or Ternac.
- endlessvoid94 10y agoWhere might I buy a physical copy of this thesis? I'd love to have it next to the Smalltalk Blue Book on my shelf.
- kgwgk 10y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Connection-Machine-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/0262580977 https://www.amazon.com/Connection-Machine-Artificial-Intelli...