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What were they coding on in 1924?
by archgoon 2y ago
What were they coding on in 1924?
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- rm_-rf_slash 2y agoTabulating machines were developed by IBM’s predecessor for the 1890 census and used in various forms until evolving into punchcard computers.
- archgoon 2y agoThe Jacquard Loom predates that by over 80 years. I'm sure we can stretch the definition further and go back even farther.
- jessekv 2y agoThings were a bit more collaborative back in the day. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2016/10/31/when-computers-were-human/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2016/10/31/when-computers-...
- RichardCA 2y agoThe engineering knowledge that went into the WWII fire control computers was clearly a form of programming. You will also notice the words "computer", "input", and "output" are used without needing to be explained. https://youtu.be/s1i-dnAH9Y4 https://youtu.be/s1i-dnAH9Y4
- louthy 2y agoAda Lovelace was coding in 1843.