Yeah..., and based on their propensity to trumpet Windoze, we may be in for a 
world of hurt.


 On Mon May 19 13:26 , john gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:

>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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