On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 08:00:52 +0000, Vernooij, CP (ITOPT1) - KLM wrote: >That's what NASA asked their programmers when designing the Apollo's. >They answered: 'Nothing.'. >'Really, we can hardly believe this.'. >'It is true, we only use the holes in the punchcards.' > Decades ago, I was assigned to assist a scientist's converting his operation to a central computer. One of the first questions he asked me was, "How long can the computer remember a number?"
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