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The IBM 1620 (early 1960s) did integer arithmetic entirely with lookup tables. Clearing memory without reloading the lookup tables resulted in a machine that wa
by vincent-manis 5y ago
The IBM 1620 (early 1960s) did integer arithmetic entirely with lookup tables. Clearing memory without reloading the lookup tables resulted in a machine that was bereft of arithmetic.
- schoen 5y agoWow! Could it conceivably re-derive them "experimentally" with nested loops or something?