I had to explain the "HAL" name in 2001 A Space Odyssey, legend says it was a one-letter shift from IBM, but that was denied by the writers :-)
We're so old the young generation can't even appreciate our fiction :-) Len Rugen University of Missouri Division of Information Technology Systems & Operations - Metrics & Automation Team ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Pew, Curtis G <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 7:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Hidden Figures My wife and I saw the movie "Hidden Figures" last Saturday, and I highly recommend it. Mentioning this here seems appropriate, since an IBM 7070 and FORTRAN play a significant role in the narrative. -- Pew, Curtis G [email protected] ITS Systems/Core/Administrative Services ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
