flonkyflonk

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   by flonkyflonk 1y ago

   Blank and Berez were definitely thinking about p-machines when they designed the Z machine, and there is a hat tip in the 1980 Creative Computing article describing its inner workings. [1]: https://mud.co.uk/richard/htf
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   by flonkyflonk 3y ago

   It's a review of three books, not a beginners guide to that period. I enjoyed and it made me want to read the books, so I guess it did its job. It also contains a philosopher related pun which is either one of the best or worst I'
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   by flonkyflonk 3y ago

   I had presumed that, in combination with the footnote ("It asked me to include this..."), it was a joke, albeit one that will date rapidly.
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   by flonkyflonk 4y ago

   My immediate thought was a more useful list would be “Books recommended by repeatedly profitable founders”.
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   by flonkyflonk 5y ago

   You can blame James I for that, not the BBC. Blasphemy was banned on the English stage in 1606 (the "Restraint of Players" act) and so later publications are usually expunged. The BBC production could have been using a later editi