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.
Zapravo je trebalo troje ljudi: Baricelli koji je imao ideju programskog koda kao žive stvari. Von Neumann koji je imao viziju kako izgraditi te strojeve. I danas se, prema posljednjim podacima, četiri milijuna tih von Neumannovih strojeva proizvede svakih 24 sata. I Julian Bigelow, koji je umro prije 10 dana -- ovo je osmrtnica Johna Markoffova za njega -- on je bio važna karika koja je nedostajala, inžinjer koji im se pridružio i znao kako spojiti te vakuumske cijevi da rade zajedno.