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1. EvanAnderson ◴[] No.46178607[source]
Kemeny is an interesting fellow. He is part of the duo responsible for the BASIC language (at Dartmouth).

I found his book "Man and the Computer" particularly prescient.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Kemeny

https://archive.org/details/mancomputer00keme