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PHP Architect · Vol 19, Issue 1 · January 2020

History and Computing: Mastering the Craft

by Edward Barnard

Truly mastering a skill means passing that skill onto others. What if the skill is so prohibitively difficult it's not possible to pass on, not in your lifetime? Nathaniel Bowditch faced this problem 225 years ago. We'll see the problem and how difficult it was. We'll see how Bowditch created a way which each of us can emulate today.

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Edward Barnard

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Edward Barnard

Ed Barnard had a front-row seat when the Morris Worm took down the Internet, November 1988. He was teaching CRAY-1 supercomputer operating system internals to analysts as they were being directly hit by the Worm. It was a busy week! Ed continues to indulge his interests in computer security and teaching software concepts to others.

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