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, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 13827 invoked from network); 16 Jun 2021 01:15:19 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 16 Jun 2021 01:15:19 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9418C9C9E3; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:15:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36AB29C908; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:14:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B8A5F9C8E8; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:14:40 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 488 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:14:39 AEST Received: from lax.lemis.com (www.lemis.com [45.32.70.18]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABA6F9C8E7 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:14:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from eureka.lemis.com (unknown [121.200.11.253]) by lax.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEADA280B4; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 01:06:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eureka.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 2BCFB2635BE; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:06:30 +1000 (AEST) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:06:30 +1000 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: John Cowan Message-ID: <20210616010630.GK23809@eureka.lemis.com> References: <20210615221659.ltbL6%steffen@sdaoden.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="k9xkV0rc9XGsukaG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: LEMIS, 29 Stones Road, Dereel, VIC, Australia Phone: +61-3-5309-0418 Mobile: +61-490-494-038. Use only as instructed. WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) Subject: [TUHS] Bug etymology (was: 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: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --k9xkV0rc9XGsukaG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday, 15 June 2021 at 18:54:47 -0400, John Cowan wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 6:25 PM Steffen Nurpmeso wro= te: >> 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. > > Yes, but wrongly. The label next to the moth is "First actual case of bug > being found", and the word "actual" shows that the slang term already > existed then. Correct. The Oxford English Dictionary has two overlapping definitions (along with dozens of others). In each case I've shown the earliest attestation: 5. Originally U.S. a. A defect or fault in a machine (esp. an electrical or electronic one), or in a process, etc. 1875 Operator 15 Aug. 5/1 The biggest =E2=80=98bug=E2=80=99 yet has be= en discovered in the U.S. Hotel Electric Annunciator. b. Computing. An error or other cause of malfunction in a computer program, piece of software, etc. 1952 Rev. Electronic Digital Computers (Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers) 18/2 The week we spent in getting the last bug out of our instruction program was an investment we hated to have to make. It's interesting that they differentiate between the two. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA.php --k9xkV0rc9XGsukaG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAmDJTpYACgkQIubykFB6QiPXKgCeLmrRcxitRAf1Dh9WFvu63uYD yBUAoKgcHUQLjX6kb35X8J+APCMCfBbJ =+mgd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k9xkV0rc9XGsukaG--