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Remind me of an old Usenet joke. > The upgrade path to the most powerful and satisfying computer: > * Pocket calculator > * Commodore Pet / Apple II /
by segfaultbuserr 6y ago
Remind me of an old Usenet joke.
> The upgrade path to the most powerful and satisfying computer:
> * Pocket calculator
> * Commodore Pet / Apple II / TRS 80 / Commodore 64 / Timex Sinclair
> (Choose any of the above)
> * IBM PC
> * Apple Macintosh
> * Fastest workstation of the time (HP, DEC, IBM, SGI: your choice)
> * Minicomputer (HP, DEC, IBM, SGI: your choice)
> * Mainframe (IBM, Cray, DEC: your choice)
> And then you reach the pinnacle of modern computing facilities:
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- MaxBarraclough 6y agoI've encountered a variation on this, he programmed in a very high-level programming language called "graduate student". * https://mathoverflow.net/a/11135 https://mathoverflow.net/a/11135