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>Don't let the bastards get you down. Believe me when I say you're not[color=blue]
>the only one who would vote Bruce off the list if it were an option.[/color]
Don't diss brucee. He's one of the few reasons for still keeping a
tenth of an eye on the list. These days I even miss Choate. "Let he
without stone cast the first stone" was pure genius. Most of all I
miss the benign presence of Presotto, forever attempting to pour oil
on troubled waters.
>>Don't let the bastards get you down. Believe me when I say you're not[color=blue][color=green]
>>the only one who would vote Bruce off the list if it were an option.[/color]
>
> Don't diss brucee. He's one of the few reasons for still keeping a
> tenth of an eye on the list. These days I even miss Choate. "Let he
> without stone cast the first stone" was pure genius. Most of all I
> miss the benign presence of Presotto, forever attempting to pour oil
> on troubled waters.[/color]
Small point. The quote is `Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.'
Johh 8:7
And Jesus said, ``Heither do I condemn you; go; and from now on sin
no more.''
>[color=blue]
> Small point. The quote is `Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.'
> Johh 8:7
>[/color]
Not in Choate's version. It's in the archives.
While we are at it... lets remember that young people don't know any
history. Everyone knows that the first language with garbage
collection was Visual Basic.
uriel
On Feb 19, 2008 1:43 AM, Andrew Simmons <kodogo@gmail.com> wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
> >
> > Small point. The quote is `Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.'
> > Johh 8:7
> >[/color]
> Not in Choate's version. It's in the archives.
>[/color]
On Feb 18, 2008, at 7:52 PM, Uriel wrote:
[color=blue]
> While we are at it... lets remember that young people don't know any
> history. Everyone knows that the first language with garbage
> collection was Visual Basic.[/color]
When, in reality, it was Lisp. Who knew?
I actually know a bit more about the Bell Labs-rooted history of the
computer than about 99% people my age.
Some more questions:
What was the first object-oriented language?
WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR:
- C++
- Java
CORRECT:
- Simula
What was the first high-level programming language?
WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR:
- BASIC
- Pascal
- C
CORRECT:
- FORTRAN I
First microprocessor?
WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR:
- 8086
- 68000
CORRECT:
- 4004
Microsoft's *other* operating system, besides OS/2:
WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR:
- I doubt there was one.
CORRECT:
- XENIX
Name the most important person/people in the computer field to date.
WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR:
- Bill Gates
- Steve Jobs
CORRECT:
- Thompson & Ritchie, all the way! :-)
- Alan Turing
- The great Structured Programming trio: Hoare, Dijkstra, and Dahl
- Knuth
Name the computer that started it all.
WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR:
- The first IBM PC
CORRECT:
- The DEC PDP-11
What other thing, besides Unix, was the PDP-11 famous for?
WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR:
- ???
CORRECT:
- Tetris!
> Name the computer that started it all.[color=blue]
> WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR:
> - The first IBM PC
> CORRECT:
> - The DEC PDP-11[/color]
You have a dangerous post there with so many
assertions, but I'll only point out
that the pdp-7, not the 11, started it all.
Ed Sitar had one he wasn't using anymore
that originally was connected to the mainframe and
used as a graphics terminal.
You gotta love the operate instruction.
On Feb 18, 2008 8:06 PM, Pietro Gagliardi <pietro10@mac.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Name the most important person/people in the computer field to date.
> WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR:
> - Bill Gates
> - Steve Jobs
> CORRECT:
> - Thompson & Ritchie, all the way! :-)
> - Alan Turing
> - The great Structured Programming trio: Hoare, Dijkstra, and Dahl
> - Knuth[/color]
I think Wirth, who you didn't mention would list Blaise Pascal amongst them.
On Feb 18, 2008 10:18 PM, Michaelian Ennis <michaelian.ennis@gmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> On Feb 18, 2008 8:06 PM, Pietro Gagliardi <pietro10@mac.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Name the most important person/people in the computer field to date.
> > WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR:
> > - Bill Gates
> > - Steve Jobs
> > CORRECT:
> > - Thompson & Ritchie, all the way! :-)
> > - Alan Turing
> > - The great Structured Programming trio: Hoare, Dijkstra, and Dahl
> > - Knuth[/color][/color]
Oh and if you like using transistors for compution, Pingala had an
interserting contribution.
So there is no definite answer to that question. Perhaps even I, who
has not fully published anything well-programmed (my pico is still a
mess), could be considered this way. Both "important" and "to date"
are relative.
On Feb 18, 2008, at 10:29 PM, Michaelian Ennis wrote:
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> On Feb 18, 2008 10:18 PM, Michaelian Ennis
> <michaelian.ennis@gmail.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> On Feb 18, 2008 8:06 PM, Pietro Gagliardi <pietro10@mac.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Name the most important person/people in the computer field to date.
>>> WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR:
>>> - Bill Gates
>>> - Steve Jobs
>>> CORRECT:
>>> - Thompson & Ritchie, all the way! :-)
>>> - Alan Turing
>>> - The great Structured Programming trio: Hoare,
>>> Dijkstra, and Dahl
>>> - Knuth[/color][/color]
>
> Oh and if you like using transistors for compution, Pingala had an
> interserting contribution.[/color]
John the Apostle wasn't real. Mark V. Shaney was.
brucee
On Feb 19, 2008 11:39 AM, Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>Don't let the bastards get you down. Believe me when I say you're not
> >>the only one who would vote Bruce off the list if it were an option.[/color]
> >
> > Don't diss brucee. He's one of the few reasons for still keeping a
> > tenth of an eye on the list. These days I even miss Choate. "Let he
> > without stone cast the first stone" was pure genius. Most of all I
> > miss the benign presence of Presotto, forever attempting to pour oil
> > on troubled waters.[/color]
>
> Small point. The quote is `Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.'
> Johh 8:7
>
> And Jesus said, ``Heither do I condemn you; go; and from now on sin
> no more.''
>
>
>
>[/color]
> While we are at it... lets remember that young people don't know any[color=blue]
> history. Everyone knows that the first language with garbage
> collection was Visual Basic.[/color]
i believe i'm witness to a transformation (i'm not being sarcastic; i
really think it's true).
9fans is an antisocial network.
[color=blue]
> John the Apostle wasn't real. Mark V. Shaney was.
>
> brucee
>[/color]
[url]http://www.topix.com/forum/source/kxtv/TQR5S1VOO7F7DV3P6#c5[/url]
he's still posting
"For the sinner deserves not life but death, according to the disk
devices. For example, start with Plan 9, which is free of sin, the
case is different from His perspective."
-- Mark V. Shaney - [url]http://danny.oz.au/danny/humour/shaney1[/url]
On Feb 19, 2008 5:11 AM, Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> John the Apostle wasn't real. Mark V. Shaney was.
>
> brucee
>
>
> On Feb 19, 2008 11:39 AM, Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com> wrote:[color=green]
> >[color=darkred]
> > >>Don't let the bastards get you down. Believe me when I say you're not
> > >>the only one who would vote Bruce off the list if it were an option.
> > >
> > > Don't diss brucee. He's one of the few reasons for still keeping a
> > > tenth of an eye on the list. These days I even miss Choate. "Let he
> > > without stone cast the first stone" was pure genius. Most of all I
> > > miss the benign presence of Presotto, forever attempting to pour oil
> > > on troubled waters.[/color]
> >
> > Small point. The quote is `Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.'
> > Johh 8:7
> >
> > And Jesus said, ``Heither do I condemn you; go; and from now on sin
> > no more.''
> >
> >
> >
> >[/color]
>[/color]