67 years ago on October 15, 1956, The programming language FORTRAN, short for "Formula Translation," was introduced to the public.
It was the first general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language, originally developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications. FORTRAN gained popularity and became a vital tool in scientific and engineering applications
Celebrating a computing pioneer! Happy Birthday to the Harvard Mark I which is 78 years old!
Also called #IBM ASCC, it was a colossal 51-ft long, 9,445-pound machine. Despite trigonometry taking over one minute, it broke new ground by using punched paper tape for data storage.
Retired in '59, it remains a cornerstone in computing history as it played a crucial role in the war effort during the latter part of World War II.
Growing up with MS-DOS, I knew its role in today's Windows' usage of \ to separate directories and / for command-line arguments (choices that sound quirk-y in an Unix-influenced world that uses / and -, respectively.)
I never understood why MSFT - a very Unix-aware shop, having released their XENIX a year before MS-DOS - went with such an odd choice, until I looked at the (recently open-sourced) MS-DOS source code.
The files include documentation for computer manufacturers (so they could write compatible BIOS code, customize distribution, etc.), and this piece on MS-DOS 2.0 (which introduced subdirectories) suggests that - as usual in those times - the party behind the odd decision was none other than IBM:
Disney, Apple, IBM, Lions Gate Entertainment and the European Commission are suspending their ads on X, according to a report by Axios. The move comes after owner Elon Musk backed an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Here's more.
Can anyone have any idea about what this #mysterious#IBM#hardware can be ? I can't remember precisely how I got it, I THINK it was from a dumpster or found in a pile of some "electronic garbage". I have absolutely NO IDEA what this can be , I have a SUSPECT but I could be totally wrong, I THINK they MAY be part of an IBM 5100 but I can't be sure, if anyone knows what they could be I'd be interested to know !
Given everything that happened to #RedHat under #IBM’s control, it makes me very uneasy that #Microsoft owns #GitHub… I pessimistically predict this will be the next big blow to #OpenSource that we’ll have to recover from.
Anzeigen neben NS-Verherrlichung aufgetaucht: IBM stoppt Werbung auf X/Twitter
Eine US-Organisation hat Werbung von US-Konzernen gefunden, die auf X/Twitter neben NS-Verherrlichung ausgespielt wird. IBM hat nun als erstes reagiert.
I think it’s important to remember that if you’re using the excuse that your software project should not be held to account for being inaccessible because it is released under a free software license what you’re really saying is that disabled people are not welcome in the free software world.
IBM told the @FT that it has pulled global advertising from #Twitter/X subsequent to a report that #IBM ads ran next to pro-Nazi tweets. https://on.ft.com/3R4dcEY