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Let's talk compilers with part one of a whistle stop tour of their history
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Let's talk compilers with part one of a whistle stop tour of their history
Plenty of historic places have been preserved over the years, such as the Tower of London and George Washington's Mount Vernon, but it is often surprising
The industry lost yet another pioneer last year, and his passing seems to have been largely unheralded. Don Lancaster was a prolific writer whose books and articles going back to the 1960s taught generations of electronics hobbyists and budding engineers how to use analog and digital integrated circuits, how to program early 8-bit microprocessors –…
Apple is now worth trillions, but it almost didn't make it this far and struggled in the 1990s until Steve Jobs returned as CEO.
Recently I've been learning about the history of computers. I find it to be incredibly interesting. I'd like to write a post about it to summarize and comment on what I've learned. …