* [TUHS] On this day... (Wirth, Feynman) (fwd)
@ 2016-02-15 6:17 Dave Horsfall
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From: Dave Horsfall @ 2016-02-15 6:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
Of some possible intertest to the denizens here...
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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 07:11:44 +1100 (EST)
From: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>
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Subject: APPLIX-L On this day... (Wirth, Feynman)
We gained Niklaus Wirth, otherwise known as Mr ALGOL (and thereby freeing
us from the chains of FORTRAN), back in 1934; you can either call him by
name, or call him by value (non-programmers are not expected to understand
this computer joke).
Upon the other paw, we lost Richard Feynman, back in 1988; he was the
bloke who sorted out those NASA management liars, over that little O-ring
incident... Well, that's what happens when the suits ignore the
engineers.
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Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
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