27 Oct
2010
27 Oct
'10
5:04 a.m.
As a matter of fact, I asked him what those were
called a few months
before he died in 1987. ?He couldn't remember for sure, but thought that
it was something like "Royal McBee" (If I'm remembering correctly what he
said). ?He said that calling them "edge-sort" should usually work.
Yes, Royal McBee. I think I have a box or two of those things.
There is a good book called Punched Cards (or something similar) from
the 1940s or 50s that goes over all of the systems used before
computers came about. Highly recommended.
--
Will