A Must Read!!!

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Michael T. Richter

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^^^

An authority on smart software design.


Now, now! Be nice! :)

Me, I'm just still amazed at people who act as of OOP was something new
and exciting. It's been around since the '60s and reached heavy use (in
one form or another) starting almost 20 years ago. (I have similar
questions about people acting as if functional programming -- '50s --
were the New Deal.)

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Michael T. Richter <[email protected]> (GoogleTalk:
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Our outrage at China notwithstanding, we should remember that before
1891 the copyrights of foreigners were not protected in the United
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On Wed, 2007-03-10 at 20:50 +0900, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
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<FONT COLOR=3D"#000000">&gt; I have found an excellent resource on Object O=
riented Programming.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR=3D"#000000">&gt; <A HREF=3D"http://technical-talk.com/SoftDev/O=
OP/OOPBASICS.asp">http://technical-talk.com/SoftDev/OOP/OOPBASICS.asp</A></=
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<FONT COLOR=3D"#000000">An authority on smart software design.</FONT>
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exciting.&nbsp; It's been around since the '60s and reached heavy use (in =
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estions about people acting as if functional programming -- '50s -- were th=
e New Deal.)<BR>
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Michael Glaesemann

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(I have similar questions about people acting as if functional
programming -- '50s -- were the New Deal.)

Huh. I haven't seen many people claiming Roosevelt had much influence
on computer science.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net



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Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Glaesemann [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Mittwoch, 3. Oktober 2007 14:04
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: A Must Read!!!


(I have similar questions about people acting as if functional
programming -- '50s -- were the New Deal.)

Huh. I haven't seen many people claiming Roosevelt had much influence
on computer science.

"Since 1933, politicians and pundits have often called for a "new deal"
regarding an object. That is, they demand a completely new, large-scale
approach to a project."

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal#Legacies

Clear as mud?
 
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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

Michael said:
Huh. I haven't seen many people claiming Roosevelt had much influence on
computer science.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net

Well ... he did fund the Manhattan Project, after all. Most of the
calculations for that, however, were done by rooms full of men and women
operating mechanical desk calculators, under the direction of John Von
Neumann and others. These men and women were known as "computers", and
in many cases had college degrees in mathematics.

The genius of Von Neumann was that he saw that such calculations could
be done faster, more accurately and with lower cost electronically. But
it didn't happen until *after* the Manhattan Project was over and FDR
was in his grave.
 
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John Joyce

Well ... he did fund the Manhattan Project, after all. Most of the
calculations for that, however, were done by rooms full of men and
women operating mechanical desk calculators, under the direction of
John Von Neumann and others. These men and women were known as
"computers", and in many cases had college degrees in mathematics.

The genius of Von Neumann was that he saw that such calculations
could be done faster, more accurately and with lower cost
electronically. But it didn't happen until *after* the Manhattan
Project was over and FDR was in his grave.
Slide Rule
 
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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

John said:
Slide Rule
Uh ... try integrating PDEs with a room full of people running slide
rules some time. :)

The electronic equivalent of the slide rule, the analog computer, was
limited to a precision of at best five decimal digits, and could
integrate *ordinary* differential equations easily. But partial
differential equations are a whole 'nutha ball game. :)
 
J

John Joyce

Uh ... try integrating PDEs with a room full of people running
slide rules some time. :)

The electronic equivalent of the slide rule, the analog computer,
was limited to a precision of at best five decimal digits, and
could integrate *ordinary* differential equations easily. But
partial differential equations are a whole 'nutha ball game. :)
Put a lot of stuff in space though!
And pioneered through the RF and amplifier circuits. (think vacuum
tubes/ valves, now that's some hardcore engineering!)
 

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