Princeton, NJ - According to Douglas Hulette of the Department of Computer Science, "Three decades ago, as computer science was emerging from its infancy, Microsoft introduced its Windows operating system, Steve Jobs left Apple and formed a new company called NeXT, Commodore unveiled a PC with 128 kilobytes of RAM, corporate names like Dell and Gateway sprang into the public consciousness, Nintendo released its initial “Super Mario” game, and the first Internet domain was registered to a Massachusetts computer systems company called Symbolics."
At Princeton, another watershed event took place that year: the creation of the Department of Computer Science.
Professor Robert Sedgewick, who joined Princeton in 1985 and served as first chair of the new department, recalled that the event took place at an exciting time. “People were innovating everywhere,” he said. “Most of the artifacts that we take for granted today were being developed at the time. I often joke that ‘not much has happened since,’ but that’s not really true.”
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http://www.princeton.edu/research/news/features/a/?id=15410
Professor Robert Sedgewick, who joined Princeton in 1985 and served as first chair of the new department, recalled that the event took place at an exciting time. “People were innovating everywhere,” he said. “Most of the artifacts that we take for granted today were being developed at the time. I often joke that ‘not much has happened since,’ but that’s not really true.”
For the full story:
http://www.princeton.edu/research/news/features/a/?id=15410
