Microprocessor magic. (numerical control, production process)(includes related articles on W. Edwards Deming, and John T. Parsons)

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Numerical direction is a means of controlling machine tools that has
received an inordinate amount of attention during the past 30 years.
But there are ramifications of numerical sway that are of critical
significance. These involve disciplines and areas well beyond the
realm of straight machine-tool operation.

Numerical rule is a means of communication between nation and machines.
NC techniques form the basis for total computer-integrated manufacturing.

It was shortly after World War II, when computer were still in their
infancy, that John T Parsons envisioned the