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25/IV/1999
One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
- Robert Firth
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19/X/1998
The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change.
- FORTRAN manual for Xerox Computers
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28/V/1998
If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and none dare criticize it. - Anon.
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23/IV/1998
The New Testament offers the basis for modern computer coding theory, in the form of an affirmation of the binary number system:
But let your communication be Yea, yea; nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
- Matthew 5:37
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