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Author Topic: A Brief ... History of Programming Languages  (Read 4539 times)

housetier

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A Brief ... History of Programming Languages
« on: May 08, 2009, 07:55 PM »
Here is another attempt at explaining the history of programming languages:

1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry.
-http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html

Very insightful!  8) :Thmbsup:

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Re: A Brief ... History of Programming Languages
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2009, 02:48 AM »
I'm not sure I get it. It's very slightly humorous, but the joke isn't funny anymore after the first couple entries.

 :-\ :huh:
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