It took really three people: Barricelli had the concept of the code as a living thing; Von Neumann saw how you could build the machines — that now, last count, four million of these Von Neumann machines is built every 24 hours; and Julian Bigelow, who died 10 days ago — this is John Markoff's obituary for him — he was the important missing link, the engineer who came in and knew how to put those vacuum tubes together and make it work.
Que ahora, a última cuenta, cuatro millones de estas máquinas de Von Neumann son construídas cada 24 horas. Y Julian Bigelow, quien murió hace 10 días — este es el obituario de John Markoff para él — Él era el importante eslabón perdido, el ingeniero que llegó y sabía cómo poner juntos esos tubos de vacío y hacerlos trabajar.