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.
1978-1980: The Early Days. John Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Stephen Duffy formed Duran Duran in Birmingham in 1978. John Taylor first met Nick Rhodes in the winter of 1973. John was thirteen, Nick was eleven and they both lived in the same area in Birmingham. Nick had already been to a couple of concerts - Gary Glitter and Slade.