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Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered "too specialized" for scientific use
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On 07/06/2010 16:23, in article op.vdxrppr2ule2fv@garhos, "Yannick Duch�ne
(Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Le Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:08:00 +0200, Dick Hendrickson
> <dick.hendrickson@att.net> a �crit:
>> I think it was the successor to CRT memories.  ;)
>> 
>> Dick Hendrickson
> Waw, more and more incredible ; and it did really exist, I've just checked
> it: random access memory with a cathodic ray tube! (Williams Tube Random
> Access Memory Device in 1946).
> 
> Thanks for this memorable thing Dick H.

The problem with Williams Tubes was that they suffered from data leakage.
(Honestly!)

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