Author Topic: A Brief ... History of Programming Languages (Read 6,161 times)

housetier · « **on:** May 09, 2009, 12:55 AM »

Here is another attempt at explaining the history of programming languages:

Quote from: http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html

1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry.

Very insightful!

Deozaan · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2009, 07:48 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.

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