[Info-vax] Variable declarations, was: Re: improving EDT

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/30/2016 5:36 PM, David Froble wrote:
> One thing to keep in mind, 30 years ago computers were used only for
> important work, and they were expected to be accurate.  Those tasks
> still exist, but have been obscured by the tremendous explosion of
> computer usage.  Some important, and some not so important.  Facebook,
> google, and such may do a decent (or less) job, but aren't what I'd call
> "important".

Facebook market cap is 342 B$.

Google market cap is 530 B$.

If their IT systems does not work, then those market caps would
drop to zero.

I will claim that preserving that many B$ of value is important.

Arne