23 Jul
2024
23 Jul
'24
4:29 p.m.
On Jul 23, 2024, at 6:18 PM, ben via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2024-07-23 1:31 p.m., Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
A very good read. Young,brave and and wiling to try new things.
Yes. And also amazingly poorly trained in practical matters. Admittedly Dutch
universities are more narrow than American ones and more likely to emphasize theory;
still, it's surprising to come out with a degree in physics and have zero clue about
the operation of vacuum tubes.
paul
On Jul
23, 2024, at 2:09 PM, Gavin Scott <gavin(a)learn.bio> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 7:11 AM Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Very much so. Comparing it with my
draft translation I'd say it is quite good, much better than I'm used to from
mechanical translations.
paul It's interesting that the designers of ARRA
spoke about what they did, and were quite honest about their mistakes. Quite refreshing.
Unfortunately that narrative is in Dutch: "Computers ontwerpen, toen".
https://ir.cwi.nl/pub/13534/13534D.pdf One of these days I should finish my translation
of that lecture.
ChatGPT 4o did a passable job it looks like.