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I've been professionally programming for 40 years and I'm still learning new things. My major interests recently are programming models and methods for concurrency, applications of functional programming, and doing interesting things with Mathematica.

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25 Dealing with oversized files decades ago? Data transfer in the age of floppy disks Jan 18 '18
17 80286 can switch from real mode to protected mode - but why not back? Apr 8 '18
11 What was the DEC Type 30 vector graphics display used for? Feb 24
10 Why use static RAM addresses instead of the stack? May 17 '16
7 What was the main purpose of bitshift instructions in CPU? Feb 1 '19
5 What graphics sytems used display lists? Dec 13 '19
3 What computer first facilitated multi-precision arithmetic Mar 6 '19
3 Was there a Western computer with blatantly missing instructions in the instruction set? Feb 6 '19
3 What modem was a little black cube about 1.25" on each side? Nov 24 '17
2 What operating systems allowed arbitrarily-sized disk blocks? Apr 13 '18

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