What line of code changed the world of programming?

Computer scientists had just finished writing the world's first FORTRAN compiler and wrote a simple program to test it. The result was a message stating, "Right parentheses missing." To which t…

Top stories for Long   What line of code changed the world of programming? Jim Buyens, lives in Phoenix, AZ • Answered March 18, 2019 Computer scientists had just finished writing the world's first FORTRAN compiler and wrote a simple program to test it. The result was a message stating, "Right parentheses... Read more » 518 94   Is it better to stay married to someone who you don't love than to give up half of your assets in divorce? Jamie • Answered October 21, 2024 I witnessed a conversation between a 93 yr old man and some 40 yr old guy about whether the 40 yr old should divorce. It was an answer I had never heard before. "For some re... Read more » 1.5K 188   Is braking gradually over a longer distance better or worse for your brakes than stopping more suddenly? CEO1, Bunch of Degrees, astonishingly long life, lots of travel • Answered January 17 For a period of about 10 years, my wife and I each had our own Honda Accord - the same model, engine, etc. that we used to go to work in the Wash DC area. This was hours of... Read more » 706 85   Why is 1.618034 the perfect number? Youngjin Kim, Currently a student in maths • Answered June 3, 2017 At the beginning of the 13th century, a mathematician named Leonardo of Pisa (also known as Fibonacci) introduced a sequence of numbers: [math]1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,...[/math] where the pat... Read more » 881 47   What is Ohm's law? How does it help in understanding the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance? Mukund Todmal, BE Electronics Engineerng & Master of Management, University of Pune, India • Updated April 16 As shown in the above animation, in a closed circuit, voltage, current and resistance are bound together by an equation V = I x R. In short, resistance puts a restriction on... Read more » 481 25   As a university professor, why don't you curve grades? Thomas Cayne, Writer, painter, thinker, madman. • Answered July 7 Adding points to grade scores will ALWAYS be unfair to some students — if not many. And, for that matter, "curving grades" could also mean that some grades would need to be ... Read more » 195 12   Why do people keep saying Linux is better than Windows when there's no Office and Adobe products, which are some of the most useful products? Jeff Darcy, Developer on a half-dozen UNIX flavors. • Answered August 26, 2014 I'm not even going to address the issue of whether Linux can compete with Windows or OSX on the desktop, because there's another issue I don't see addressed in the other an... Read more » 466 39   What will likely turn a lot of Americans against Donald Trump and his second administration? Henry R. Greenfield, MBA Finance & History, Thunderbird School of Global Management (1972) • Answered June 4 Let's focus on one group who it will take this to turn against Trump. It was the same in Germany. Once you are so invested in your Dear Leader, your Fuhrer there is no way ... Read more » 1.3K 425   Which seemingly "nice" behaviour is actually a sign of manipulative/cunning behaviour? Asked in Human Psychology Facts • Answered by Highlander81 • March 10 I used to work as a school police officer. The majority of my co-workers were female teachers and staff members. A lot of them were extremely attractive. I was a married man... Read more » 1.5K 103   What is it like to make over $300k annually? Stefan Asseg, lives in The United States of America (2015-present) • Answered March 5, 2023 I make over $300k at a big tech company. I started my career in Software Engineering in 2005 and in 2015, 10 years later, I made $65k a year in Europe. I moved to the US in... Read more » 259 40   Which heavy bomber did the pilots of the Luftwaffe think was the easiest one to down: the B-17, B-24, or Lancaster? Kenn Walters, Tech company exec, 45 years Target/Olympic, IPSC/Practical. • Updated September 28, 2024 I can't answer directly for him; I can only relate some of his stories as told to me by him. My uncle-in-law (my German wife's uncle) was a highly decorated Luftwaffe pilot... Read more » 1.1K 71   Why are there no analog computers? Mike S., studied at University of Phoenix • Answered August 15 There are lots of analog computers. They aren't used nearly as much as they used to be, being replaced by digital ones, but they do exist. The thing about analog computers is... Read more » 1.3K 94 Read more in your feed

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