17 Jul
2005
17 Jul
'05
6:08 p.m.
> but the story is that Charles Simonyi of Xerox
PARC and Microsoft fame
is
> supposedly marrying Martha Stewart
Not to forget the not well-known but never-the-less remarkable
Regnecentralen systems. If I remember correctly, he was involved in the
development of an Algol compiler for the DASK and/or GIER system. Charles is
the protector of the danish computer museum :
http://www.datamuseum.dk/site_dk/index.shtml
DASK means something like "danish arithmetic sequence calculator", and GIER
something with Geophysics....
Nico