1. String processing in general. Processing strings of characters is one of the oldest application of mechanical computers, arguably predating numerical computation by at least fifty years. As a delimited string, where the end of a string is marked by a special character.
Taylor Goldsmith is the lead singer, guitarist and primary songwriter for the Los Angeles-based folk rock band Dawes. Courtesy photo | Dawes' ongoing 50-city tour includes stops this weekend at the Fox Theater in Boulder and at Belly Up Aspen.
His smooth vocals soon persuaded other Kool and the Gang members -- who lacked an identifiable lead singer like the Commodores' Lionel Richie, Earth Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey or the Jackson 5's Michael Jackson -- to move Taylor to the front of the stage.