Re: 24 the ultimate answer - Tom Holt
YMMV, but I don't find Tom Holt very funny.
Like the Manchester Baby computer, the instruction set of the PDP-8 tells you by inspection how it works, i.e. the fundamental instructions are designed around core storage. Given that Heaven, according to the best accounts, is full of EM radiation, a rad hard CPU is indicated.
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