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Articles or book(s) about the functions behind a scientific calculator
11-30-2018, 06:18 PM
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RE: Articles or book(s) about the functions behind a scientific calculator
(11-30-2018 02:33 AM)Helix Wrote:  By the way, I think that subroutines for the EDSAC should be credited more to David Wheeler, the programmer. The idea of subroutine was known earlier, by Mauchly, von Neumann or Goldstine.

right; I think Wheeler was my friend's supervisor at some point. I should get him to write here instead of paraphrasing him, thanks Smile

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