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I think computer programmers need to learn from the efforts of the builders and programmers of those early computers. With the limitations in memory, processors etc they learnt to write an effective program in Bytes (sometimes nibbles).
These days programmers need Gigabytes to write programs that are often no faster or or more effective than the old primatives.
My first computer experience came with a weapons computer that controlled everything effectively on a warship with 4K of magnetic core RAM and dip switch programming (or a mylar tape reader)
Barry
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