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stcredzero on July 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The random number generator of DOOM

As Alan Kay said, Programming is "almost a field" because it forgets its own history. As the now-typical HN commenter says, "Who is Alan Kay?"

ralphw_oz on July 2, 2015 [–]

That's truly sad. And ironic.

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