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Alan Perlis: The First Computer Scientist | by Jim Morris | Medium

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In 1960 I was enjoying a beer and watching TV at my Carnegie Tech fraternity when one of the brothers said, “The professor in my class said…

Alan Perlis: The First Computer Scientist Jim Morris 5 min read · Jul 10, 2021 -- 2 Listen Share In 1960 I was enjoying a beer and watching TV at my Carnegie Tech fraternity when one of the brothers said, “The professor in my class said that anyone who was in the rat-race for grades could simply write it on the front of their exam paper, and he’d award it to him.” I said, “That sounds like a fascinating subject, what is it?” The subject was computer programming, and the professor was Alan Perlis. I enrolled in his programming class and found myself in a large lecture hall with hundreds of geek

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