On 30-6-2014 14:42, Doctor John wrote:
> Is it not written in the Gospel According to Tux:
>
> 'In the beginning Turing created the Machine.
>
> And the Machine was crufty and bodacious, existing in theory only. And
> von Neumann looked upon the Machine, and saw that it was crufty. He
> divided the Machine into two Abstractions, the Data and the Code, and
> yet the two were one Architecture. This is a great Mystery, and the
> beginning of wisdom.
>
> And von Neumann spoke unto the Architecture, and blessed it, saying, "Go
> forth and replicate, freely exchanging data and code, and bring forth
> all manner of devices unto the earth." And it was so, and it was cool.
> The Architecture prospered and was implemented in hardware and software.
> And it brought forth many Systems unto the earth.'
>
> John (Bishop and The Keeper of Acronyms)
>

I have seen the light! I am a convert! Praise be to holy Babbage and 
Holy Ada Lovelace!

Thomas

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