From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=   wrote:   
   >On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:19:59 -0500 (EST), Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >   
   >> "A penny's worth of better algorithm is worth a million dollars   
   >>  worth of better hardware."   
   >>      -- gus baird   
   >   
   >Was that back when programmers were being paid pennies to program   
   >computers worth millions of dollars?   
      
   Yes, as opposed today when programmers are paid pennies to write   
   programs run on millions of computers each worth only a few dollars.   
   --scott   
      
   --   
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