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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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33 Were any IBM mainframes ever run multiuser? Nov 26 '20
25 Dealing with oversized files decades ago? Data transfer in the age of floppy disks Jan 18 '18
21 80286 can switch from real mode to protected mode - but why not back? Apr 8 '18
12 What was the earliest system to explicitly support threading based on shared memory? Feb 11
12 What was the DEC Type 30 vector graphics display used for? Feb 24 '20
10 Why use static RAM addresses instead of the stack? May 17 '16
9 What were the first BASIC interpreters to be programmed in high-level languages? Sep 6 '20
8 What was IBM’s early attempt at an OS/2 office suite? Nov 20 '20
7 What was the main purpose of bitshift instructions in CPU? Feb 1 '19
5 What graphics sytems used display lists? Dec 13 '19
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