Wikipedia bio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkes Sir Maurice was one of the giants. Also prescient, from h

Wikipedia bio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkes Sir Maurice was one of the giants. Also prescient, from his memoirs "It was on one of my journeys between the EDSAC room and the punching equipment that 'hesitating at the angle of the stairs' the realization came over me with full force that a good part of the remainder of my life was going to be spent finding errors in my own programs."