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> The von Neumann architecture How do you get that? There was decades of prior experience both in computer science theory as well as practice, especially from
by infinity0 8y ago
> The von Neumann architecture
How do you get that? There was decades of prior experience both in computer science theory as well as practice, especially from the code breakers in WW2.
- daniel-cussen 8y agoDecade of experience at best. An example from 1945 and also from von Neumann is Mergesort, the first O(n logn) sorting algorithm, and still in use to this day. Von Neumann was known for inventing things from absolute scratch.