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"The ALGOL compiler was probably one of the nicest pieces of code to come out at that time. I spent hours trying to fi…"

"Gary Kildall was one of the original pioneers of the PC revolution. He was a very creative computer scientist who did…"

"It was Gary's bad luck that put him up against the most skilled businessman of all time. Anyone looks like a failure …"

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"When we failed to produce an operating system in a timely manner, Glenn started talking with Gary about CPM, which Ga…"