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T.E.D.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma

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46 votes

Why did C use the arrow (->) operator instead of reusing the dot (.) operator?

answered Apr 24, 2019 at 20:25

28 votes

Was the Stack Exchange "Happy April Fools" page fitting with the '90's code?

answered Apr 2, 2019 at 4:07

12 votes

Did any compiler fully use Intel x87 80-bit floating point?

answered Apr 19, 2019 at 13:35

11 votes

What hardware did advanced programming languages run on?

answered Feb 8, 2020 at 15:08

10 votes

Was it possible to cause persistent changes to a mid-1980s IBM-PC using POKE in GWBASIC?

answered Sep 15, 2022 at 13:59

7 votes

What was the first language to use keywords for conditional execution?

answered Apr 18, 2019 at 15:19

7 votes

Reason for the Amiga clock speed

answered Jan 25, 2017 at 14:31

6 votes

What was the first language to offer "full" structured programming support?

answered Apr 18, 2019 at 16:07

4 votes

Did a shuttle launch take most of the world's computing power?

answered Jan 30, 2019 at 15:49

3 votes

How did exception handling work in the Plankalkül language?

answered Apr 15 at 13:57

1 vote

Why was hardware diversification an asset for the IBM PC ecosystem?

answered Jul 12, 2019 at 20:42

1 vote

Developing an application in the era of cassette tapes (audio-tapes)

answered Aug 30, 2018 at 14:50