17 Apr
2020
17 Apr
'20
7:27 a.m.
On Apr 17, 2020, at 3:40 AM, nico de jong via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2020-04-17 09:12, ben via cctalk wrote:
Knuth volume 3 ("Sorting and searching") has a pile of tape sort algorithms. I
remember one because of its memorable name: "Oscillating tape sort".
paul
On 4/17/2020 12:19 AM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk
wrote:
Talking of spinning tape drives : anyone remember IBM's TAPESORT ? On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 10:00:17PM +0000, Tapley,
Mark B. via cctalk wrote:
[...]
But Cobol is just not the same with out some spinning tape drives.
Ben. Tomasz, forgive me but I have to ask. You did
note the date on which
that announcement appeared, right?
Yeah. I do not have to look at it again to tell you it was dated April
1st 2005 :-). But it is ok you asked, I could have overlooked it in a
hurry. But, well, Arduinos with 512 bytes or ram, just think of it,
putting Cobol on it, what an achievement would it be...