Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/21

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Subject: [Leica] First computer
From: jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore)
Date: Wed Mar 21 19:08:27 2007
References: <200703201609.l2KG9bVv067036@server1.waverley.reid.org> <005d01c76b1e$62c495f0$6101a8c0@jimnichols> <3C63C51B-3348-4149-B209-AFC69560F33D@comcast.net> <1104D3E5B783BAB234E6E680@scarborough.isc.org>
 
2007-03-20-15:22:13 Brian Reid:
> Speaking of early computers, today's NYT carried the obit of one of the 
> greats of the early days of computing, John Backus.

Dude.  He was the B in BNF!  It's the fault of his team that I ever had
to hear about "Hollerith codes"!

Thanks for posting that, I probably would've missed it.
In reply to: Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] First computer)
Message from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] First computer)
Message from len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] First computer)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] First computer)