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Exoristos 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: STEPS Toward the Reinvention of Programming (2012)...

"The instant computers got powerful enough, someone invented assembly.

"The instant computers got powerful enough, they invented lisp and C. …

"… The Wright brothers weren't special geniuses, they happened to be working on …"

Even by your own account, it sounds like industrious, visionary researchers have been continuously making ready to exploit new hardware.

ltbarcly3 3 months ago [–]

No, its just that these things are obvious. There were many many very similar innovations at the same time that were very similar, we just remember the one that won.

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