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Nothing about computers back then was social. There was no social component. Programs done by yourself, at a keypunch. Output read by yourself. Hard to stud
by losteverything 9y ago
Nothing about computers back then was social.
There was no social component. Programs done by yourself, at a keypunch. Output read by yourself. Hard to study in groups. You can't really have a debate about the sign bit.
Pre-wed majors were social.. Comp sci was not
- rjsw 9y agoI was a CS student at the same time as the author. Undergraduate programming was done in rooms with multiple terminals so it could be social if you wanted it to be.