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.