Ian Summerfield wrote
<Someone on the list implied they were teaching programming? When I started
out we first started learning binary before even touching a system, then
base 8, 16, etc. Then we could understand how a computer stored values,
we also understood the precision problems with representing floating point
numbers, this was all done before being allowed to touch a system! Mind
you, maybe times have changed now seeing as there's so much more to learn.
I started learning at age 14 on a DEC PDP 10>
Apologies in advance for a frivolous post, but this made me smile. It reminded me
that in 1972 I took a 'computer studies' exam. I also had to calculate in different
bases, but part of the exam was of much more ephemeral value - reading a piece of
paper tape. My bit said Marilyn Monroe (or is it Munro like the hills?).
Best wishes,
David Glasgow
Courses HTTP://www.i-Psych.co.uk
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