On 8/19/2017 12:03 PM, Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk wrote:
We could debate about wang having a precedence. Various consider the
Programma101 the real first personal computer
It was my first in 4th grade, FWIW.
I realized by playing with one for 2 years+ that it was programmable,
and what that meant.
The other thing it did that was unique (and to my learning curve) was
that you could build instructions in a register and execute them.
Stored programs, stored data, and dynamic synthesis of instructions is a
pretty cool capability in a calculator.
thanks
Jim
