Re: The birth of BASIC

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From: Gareths Downstairs Computer
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:15

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On 08/06/2018 13:27, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 17:19:04 -0400
> Richard Thiebaud <thieba...@aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> They are computer scientists, not computer engineers. They are not
>> supposed to be developing practical applications.
> 
> 	s/supposed to be/safe/
> 

And they're not scientists either, for they are not discovering anything
about the computers that was not known about by the designers.

Mathematical dream world hobbyists might be a better description?

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