Mark Morgan Lloyd

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Did type-in-programs or type-in-listings teach programming in the 70s and 80s or was it just tedious typing of the source code?

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When did compilers start generating optimized code that runs faster than an average programmer's assembly code?

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Zip drive eject "tool"

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Did Pascal programmers really move on to Java in the 90s?

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Why was computer memory so expensive and scarce?

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How late were 80-column punched cards relevant?

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Ada and its candidate languages

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Is there a common convention to describe the encoding of a legacy text file?

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What specific factor(s) made Thomas Watson, Jr. (of IBM) so enthusiastic about early electronics?

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Windows screensaver showing "natural selection"

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Is there a common convention to describe the encoding of a legacy text file?

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Commodore 64 - any way to safely plug in a cartridge when the power is on?

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Windows screensaver showing "natural selection"

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History of static analysis tools for defect identification

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