Little bit of abridged history in this article from Arstechnica (https://arstechnica.com/features/2020/12/a-damn-stupid-thing-to-do-the-origins-of-c/). It’s interesting in that you can see why so many common technical aphorisms exist, like the principle of least astonishment Only two years after EDSAC 2 came online, the university realized that a far more powerful machine would be required soon, and in order…