Monthly Archives: November 2008

Supercomputing and mathematica

The last time I went to a “Supercomputing” conference, Jim Gray came by to talk to me and Cort about PowerPC Linux. That must have been in 2000 or 1999. We had gone by the AIX booth and been roundly … Continue reading

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Dijkstra versus Perlis (updated)

Here’s Dijkstra He [Perlis] published a very obnoxious paper arguing against a mathematical approach to programming cite Here’s the paper by De Millo, Lipton and Perlis. It starts as follows: Many people have argued that computer programming should strive to … Continue reading

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Most influential software company in America – and maybe the world

Voter Activation Network.

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