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Computers, like elephants, never forget. The computer keeps track of vast arrays of information. But unlike elephants, computers are very fast. They’re fast because the microprocessor is a real whiz at getting information in and out of memory.
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Scrimshaw, N.B., Vogel, J. (1983). BASIC Number Crunching. In: An Introduction to the Commodore 64. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6787-9_2
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