Re: Textbook recommendation

In message <453f0c52$0$323$e4fe514c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:03:42, Maarten Wiltink <maarten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
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As I learned Pascal long before Delphi was even thought of (on an ICL
1904 mainframe!), things like that are second nature to me.

Go back to your coffin! (And tell me more about the mainframe. A faintly
reliable source says it was an IC_T_ 1904.)

ICT became ICL around 1967/8 (by merger); and at that period their 1905 was a "current" machine used in the computer centre of at least one university. The 1905 was delivered after about Sept 1966, and later acquired hard discs. Card/paper-tape input up to at least late 1969.

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