Thinking Machines
by I Adler · first published 1961
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…does a CPU works?" but other than these few things it was a good article. I know that text messages seem more harsh than intended and do not wish to seem demeaning, but helpful. I bought a book called "Thinking Machines" by Irving Adler in 1962 which explained the concepts in this article (except for the 74181 ALU) and the XOR and flip-flops but did not understand how a computer actually worked until many years later.
on “How does a CPU work?” ↗…of applications of computers as well as a survey of advanced course offerings. Machine learning and the course offered for it should be mentioned as one of the applications. In 1962, I bought a book, "Thinking Machines" by Irving Adler and studied it. I did not actually see a computer until 1967, when I wrote my first program in Fortran IV. Most of my career has been spent writing code for embedded systems and machine…
on “Ask HN: Should machine learning be part of cs101 curriculum?” ↗…program. You need to know the subject your program is about, whether it be accounting, process control, graphics, or any other subject. I started my computer education in 1962 when I bought the book, "Thinking Machines" by Irving Adler. I have worked with computers most of my life (I'm retired now) and the complexity of what there is to know has grown exponentially and shows no sign of relenting. You will not be able…
on “Programming purgatory” ↗…Lisp 1.5 Primer. Wow that's different, I remember thinking. My physics teacher had a handful of books on his shelf, including Fink's "Computers and the Human Mind", which was a fun read, and Adler's "Thinking Machines", which was also nontechnical but still exciting. A brand-new state university was in its second year of operation in Fall of 1969, and offered one of the few computer science degrees that could be had…
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