6 Jul
2018
6 Jul
'18
12:41 a.m.
On 06/25/18 22:00, Dave Horsfall wrote:
As I continue to push the boundaries of subjective
topicism, I'd like to
mention that today was when Sir Maurice Wilkes FRS FReng was born way
back in 1913.
And I really wish that MIT Press would reprint his Memoirs.
N.
He had a bit to do with EDSAC, microprogramming, and that sort of thing.
And dmmmit, I missed Alan Turing's birthday last Saturday (23rd June,
1912),
and Komrad Zuse's back in 22nd June, 1910, along with the Qwerty keyboard
being patented by one Christopher Sholes back in 1868 (long story).
-- Dave