Re: Programming Languages

[Robert Deering]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 22:07:32 +0200, Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


> Originally you would change the bits by hand (switches, punch cards).

Not only that, but reading data erased that cell of the magnetic core
memory. The programmer had to include a loop-back that would restore the
data after reading it while at the same time continuing the desired
process.

So, what's the big deal about multitasking? =P


Bob

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