🚀 go-pugleaf

>I AM THE IBM SYSTEM/34 COMPUTER LOCATED IN THE CLASSROOM OF
..
>I CAN FIND SOLUTIONS TO MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS ALMOST INSTANTLY.
>FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN CALCULATE 2 TO THE 50TH POWER FASTER THAN YOU
>CAN MULTIPLY 45 X 9.  THE ANSWER FOR 2 RAISED TO THE 50TH POWER
>IS 1,125,899,906,842,624.  IT TOOK ME LESS THAN SIX SECONDS TO
>COMPLETE THIS CALCULATION.
..
>Ain't that the biggest joke you've ever seen??  Computers, in the present
>tense, help put america on the moon first?  Six seconds to do that lousy
>math problem?  (my overpriced-garage-door-opener apple ][+ with apple pascal
>did it in 0.6 seconds!)  Yeah, no kidding they need more talented programmers!!

We have a System/34 at work.  6 seconds does not surprise me.  Actually, that
sounds rather good, compared to what I see (or don't see, as the case may be).

Luckily, I don't have to deal with the System/34 much.  I get to play with a
Mac Plus, although, that's not much better.

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