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Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes FRS, FREng, DFBCS (26 June 1913 – 29 November 2010) was a British computer scientist credited with several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing.
In his memoirs Wilkes wrote:
I well remember when this realization first came on me with full force. The EDSAC was on the top floor of the building and the tape-punching and editing equipment one floor below. [...] It was on one of my journeys between the EDSAC room and the punching equipment that "hesitating at the angles of stairs" the realization came over me with full force that a good part of the remainder of my life was going to be spent in finding errors in my own programs.
In the News
"I owe my career in computer science to Maurice Wilkes," says binary counter.
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External links:
- Maurice Wilkes @ Wikipedia