cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) (07/24/90)
This little article by H. de Bruijn appeared in sci.math. I consider it apropos to our discussion on both hardware and software. In article <1630@dutrun.UUCP>, rctthdb@dutrun.UUCP (H. de Bruijn) writes: > In article <1198@s8.Morgan.COM> Andrew P. Mullhaupt writes: > > The right kind of computer science ... is one which helps understand > > how computers work, as well as how to make them work. > I did'nt really know how computers work until I started poking RCA 1802 > bytes directly in memory. Very fun! > What's wrong with teaching such a thing in our schools? -- Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907 Phone: (317)494-6054 hrubin@l.cc.purdue.edu (Internet, bitnet) {purdue,pur-ee}!l.cc!cik(UUCP)