Computing visionary Bob Bemer dies
10:08 - Friday 25 June 2004 by Wolfgang Gruener
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: computing, visionary, bob, bemer, dies Category : Miscellaneous
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: computing, visionary, bob, bemer, dies Category : Miscellaneous
Computing great Bob Bemer has died at the age of 84. The legendary Bemer came up with many innovations that have become adopted as common computing practices, including the American standard code for information interchange (ASCII), the escape key and the backslash.
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