Re: Is this math test too easy?

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 06:03:59 +0100

Virgil writes:

> And none of them were named Bill Gates.

Bill Gates actually did some programming in the early days, so he knew
far more than the average person did about computers.

Today, many programmers know nothing about binary numbers, beyond the
vague awareness that they are somehow used in computers. 

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