Burks was the the last co-author, with von Neumann and Goldstine, of the first
and still relevant programming-techniques paper; he also edited von Neumann's
seminal (but unfinished) paper on self-reproducing machines for publication,
extending the notion of reproduction to the inorganic.
The heroic generation has all but disappeared. Perhaps inevitably but sadly,
we are left with the epigoni of their epigoni.John GilmoreAshland, MA
01721-1817USA
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