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The creator of The First Polish Computer Died

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z_dariusThreads: 22 Posts: 5,091 Joined: Oct 18, 07 ♂	Edited by: z_darius Feb 22, 10, 05:37 #1
Jacek Karpiński, one of the prominent pioneers in computer science.

peterwegThreads: 35 Posts: 1,997 Joined: Feb 16, 07 ♂	Edited by: peterweg Feb 22, 10, 12:37 #2
He might have been a pioneer but having no influence outside the communist block wouldn't have made him prominent. Quite frankly the contribution to the computer world from communist countries is zero.

RubasznyRumcajsThreads: 9 Posts: 283 Joined: Mar 29, 08 ♂	Feb 22, 10, 12:53 #3
well... 16bit computer in early 70' was a something really new... it offered multithreading, memory paging etc- something that is a standard today, but those day- it was a light years ahead of other computers (including the most popular /today/ ibm-pc. so, in short: there is absolutly no reason to be ashamed of it :)

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Edited by: jwojcie Feb 22, 10, 12:55 #4

Oh my... Peterweg, go back to school... You could start with this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_notation

Fact is, Poland didn't contribute much in the begining of computer science era. Bet certainly it is not zero. Beside, it is not polite to spoil thread dedicated to a man who is important for Polish science.

Jacek Karpiński was a fine and wise man and deserves to be remembered [i][i][i]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacek_Karpi%C5%84ski

convexThreads: 46 Posts: 7,185 Joined: Nov 25, 09 ♂	Feb 22, 10, 13:09 #5
jwojcie: Fact is, Poland didn't contribute much in the begining of computer science era. Bet certainly it is not zero. paging was a huge contribution.

z_dariusThreads: 22 Posts: 5,091 Joined: Oct 18, 07 ♂	Feb 22, 10, 13:21 #6
peterweg: He might have been a pioneer but having no influence outside the communist block wouldn't have made him prominent. Maybe it wouldn't have but it did: List of prominent pioneers in computer (Nationmaster website is not owned or run by Poles) Check out wikipedia on the same topic.

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