From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26855 invoked from network); 15 Jun 2021 22:25:36 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Jun 2021 22:25:36 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 04B6C9C9EC; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:25:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EAA29C8E8; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:24:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6A3669C8E8; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:24:49 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 464 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:24:48 AEST Received: from sdaoden.eu (sdaoden.eu [217.144.132.164]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 372D29C8E7 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:24:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: from kent.sdaoden.eu (kent.sdaoden.eu [10.5.0.2]) by sdaoden.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9806C16056; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:17:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: by kent.sdaoden.eu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 88564115D2; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:16:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:16:59 +0200 From: Steffen Nurpmeso To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-ID: <20210615221659.ltbL6%steffen@sdaoden.eu> Mail-Followup-To: tuhs@tuhs.org User-Agent: s-nail v14.9.22-153-g062ff456ec OpenPGP: id=EE19E1C1F2F7054F8D3954D8308964B51883A0DD; url=https://ftp.sdaoden.eu/steffen.asc; preference=signencrypt BlahBlahBlah: Any stupid boy can crush a beetle. But all the professors in the world can make no bugs. Subject: [TUHS] 70th anniversary of (official) programming errors X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Not Unix in particular. At least in Germany it is already the 16th, and my BSD calendar notifies that "first programming error is encountered at the U. S. Census Bureau". As not being hard-to-the-core i may have missed it, but also in 1951, in March, the wonderful Grace Hopper "conceives the first compiler, called A-O and later released as Math-Matic. Hopper is also credited with coining the term 'bug' following an incident involving a moth and a Mark II. All (hm!) according to COMPUTERWORLD January 18th, 1999 (i was young!), with assistance of the Computer Museum of Boston. Like McCartney said in the legendary 1999 concert at the Cavern club, the first after his wonderful wife Linda died, "See, with this band, if we don't get it right ... we start again!". Thank you. --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)