356:
342:
335:
244:
75:
267:
314:
154:
During the same
Fortran Standards Committee meeting at which the name "FORTRAN 77" was chosen, a technical proposal was somehow smuggled into the official distribution, bearing the title, "Letter O considered harmful". This deceptively simple proposal purported to address the confusion that sometimes
155:
arises between the letter "O" and the numeral zero, by eliminating the letter from allowable variable names. However, the method proposed was to eliminate the letter from the character set entirely (thereby retaining 48 as the number of lexical characters, which the colon had increased to 49).
45:
This usage by Homer, to describe autonomous devices that follow commands, predates by millenia Karel Čapek's coining of the term "robot" (in his play, "R.U.R"), as well as the roughly-contemporaneous introduction of the word "computer". See . 20:31, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
16:
The neologism "tripodics" was coined as a more-appropriate word for software programming and the study of computers. It derives from the oldest known term for automata, as used by Homer, and later cited in
Aristotle's "Politics".
29:
This condition would be that each (inanimate) instrument could do its own work, at the word of command or by intelligent anticipation, like the statues of
Daedalus or the tripods made by Hephaestus, of which Homer relates that
326:
Software distributed under the
License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
319:
The contents of this file are subject to the
Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
240:
I have repeatedly edited the image to include my explicit release, but this stupid 'bot keeps vandalizing my page. Will somebody PLEASE fix (or kill) this vandal-bot.
101:
to represent the digits above nine was not universal in the early history of computers. During the 1950s, some installations favored using the digits 0 through 5 with a
350:
173:
The sole "CON" argument conceded that "this might invalidate some existing programs" but noted that most of these "probably were non-conforming, anyway".
158:
Among the "PRO" arguments was the assertion that this would also promote structured programming, by making it impossible to use the notorious
237:
Any deletion of MY image from MY user page is blatant vandalism. (If the deletion is due to a buggy 'bot then blame the writer of the 'bot.)
126:
281:
the copyright holder is properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other uses are permitted.
122:
391:, Bruce A. Martin, Associated Universities Inc., Communications of the ACM, Volume 11, Issue 10 (October 1968) Page: 658
372:, Bruce A. Martin, Associated Universities Inc., Communications of the ACM, Volume 11, Issue 10 (October 1968) Page: 658
24:
There is only one condition in which we can imagine managers not needing subordinates, and masters not needing slaves.
214:
65:
further proposed that the units be abandoned altogether, and the letter B be used as a binary exponent, similar to
355:
349:
341:
334:
243:
210:
IF THE ABOVE IMAGES ARE MISSING, IT IS DUE TO INTERNAL VANDALISM ON WIKIPEDIA. TO FIND THE DELETED IMAGES, GO TO:
74:
62:
274:
118:
407:
X3J3 post-meeting distribution for meeting held at
Brookhaven National Laboratory in November 1976.
66:
125:
considered the choice of A-F "ridiculous" and in 1968 proposed in a letter to the editor of the
129:
an entirely new set of symbols based on the bit locations, which did not gain much acceptance.
392:
373:
38:
as if a shuttle should weave of itself, and a plectrum should do its own harp playing.
301:
106:
215:
http://en.wikipedia.org/Image:Bruce_Martin_hexadecimal_notation_proposal.png
396:
377:
313:
257:
102:
354:
340:
333:
242:
73:
33:"Of their own motion they entered the conclave of Gods on Olympus"
321:
55:
51:
308:
261:
224:
89:</A> from section on "Representing hexadecimal"
86:
82:
142:
138:
105:
character ("¯") to indicate the values 10-15. Users of
81:
In
Knowledge article on "Hexadecimal" <A HREF="
50:
In
Knowledge article on "Binary prefix" <A HREF="
83:http://en.wikipedia.org/Hexadecimal#cite_note-6
137:In Knowledge article on "Fortran" <A HREF="
8:
277:holder of this file allows anyone to use it
258:http://en.wikipedia.org/Template:Attribution
220:OR find the deleted image on Knowledge at:
170:statements would be eliminated, as well.)
389:Letters to the editor: On binary notation
370:Letters to the editor: On binary notation
69:, to create shorthands like 3B20 for 3×2
362:
56:http://en.wikipedia.org/Binary_prefix
52:http://en.wikipedia.org/Binary_prefix
7:
164:statement as before. (Troublesome
225:http://en.wikipedia.org/Hexadecimal
87:http://en.wikipedia.org/Hexadecimal
14:
348:
312:
265:
253:20:31, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
143:http://en.wikipedia.org/Fortran
139:http://en.wikipedia.org/Fortran
279:for any purpose, provided that
123:Brookhaven National Laboratory
1:
322:https://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
150:Letter O considered harmful
109:computers used the letters
424:
93:The choice of the letters
359:
345:
338:
247:
231:This is MY user page.
175:
131:
78:
71:
397:10.1145/364096.364107
378:10.1145/364096.364107
358:
344:
337:
246:
147:
91:
77:
60:
234:The image is MINE.
360:
346:
339:
248:
79:
332:
331:
296:
295:
415:
408:
405:
399:
386:
380:
367:
352:
316:
309:
306:
300:
290:
287:
269:
268:
262:
169:
163:
423:
422:
418:
417:
416:
414:
413:
412:
411:
406:
402:
387:
383:
368:
364:
328:
325:
324:
304:
298:
292:
288:
285:
266:
255:
230:
208:
206:
205:
203:
201:
200:
199:
198:
196:
194:
193:
192:
191:
189:
187:
186:
184:
179:
177:
165:
159:
152:
135:
133:
119:Bruce A. Martin
72:
63:Bruce A. Martin
48:
12:
11:
5:
421:
419:
410:
409:
400:
381:
361:
330:
329:
317:
294:
293:
283:
270:
228:
227:
218:
217:
183:
182:Missing images
180:
151:
148:
41:
39:
36:
35:
34:
26:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
420:
404:
401:
398:
394:
390:
385:
382:
379:
375:
371:
366:
363:
357:
353:
351:
343:
336:
323:
318:
315:
311:
310:
307:
303:
291:
282:
280:
276:
271:
264:
263:
260:
259:
254:
251:
245:
241:
238:
235:
232:
226:
223:
222:
221:
216:
213:
212:
211:
207:
202:
195:
188:
181:
178:
174:
171:
168:
162:
156:
149:
146:
144:
140:
134:
130:
128:
124:
120:
116:
112:
108:
104:
100:
96:
90:
88:
84:
76:
70:
68:
64:
59:
57:
53:
47:
44:
40:
37:
32:
31:
28:
25:
22:
21:
20:
19:
403:
388:
384:
369:
365:
347:
305:}}
299:{{
297:
284:
278:
272:
256:
252:
249:
239:
236:
233:
229:
219:
209:
204:
197:
190:
185:
176:
172:
166:
160:
157:
153:
136:
132:
114:
110:
98:
94:
92:
80:
61:
49:
43:
42:
27:
23:
18:
15:
286:Attribution
145:</A>
107:Bendix G-15
58:</A>
67:E notation
275:copyright
113:through
97:through
250:See .
167:FORMAT
141:">
103:macron
85:">
161:GO TO
54:>
289:true
273:The
393:doi
374:doi
127:ACM
121:of
117:.
302:PD
395::
376::
115:Z
111:U
99:F
95:A
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
