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		fishnchips on Nov 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programming in 1969: An interview with a pioneer –... Do you mean the difference in power? I still find horses and fighter jets more different than early and modern computers.

nine_k on Nov 3, 2019 [–]

Likely speed and user-visible complexity. A horse has a really basic interface.

fishnchips on Nov 3, 2019 | [–]

Not the debugging interface though :)

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