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=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 30042 invoked from network); 15 Jun 2021 22:55:31 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Jun 2021 22:55:31 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 352DB9C90D; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:55:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 753519C8E8; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:55:02 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="qB6cro1Y"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 109A99C8E8; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:55:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qt1-f179.google.com (mail-qt1-f179.google.com [209.85.160.179]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 639089C8E7 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:54:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qt1-f179.google.com with SMTP id a15so345443qtx.13 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:54:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccil-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=uedbizmNNJLm3ooSfS0BO6xUML64fdeakXCnEo67MoU=; b=qB6cro1Y06MWeJcnlfZUZmVGc6x798bRR3IYO432Xcar5WipuZ5SysGCtFRgq8MiNX NmNtKcvTsaWnBcIBmiWcTZpEq0yREZ23H3xzIJkwnvZhzOHY4smayiDdVtBMsPclRXYZ q3jRFjmP3GPiKLys7Nq5Qe6SycVz2XW1uJU83IiYaobzWZEVfbdABnaS6Z/XnRdmEI43 libsAVy8yvl3nPMS+a8PtJbMADdK3G0iC6FIaODVtXBdiLUThUQFjs+Y+LrFVyrT0HAt Yj7wmp6bIoV6vSfGuQSPWZu0f3GFh/DDSe2tLkZvUsEaGHeuPIvYKvi5UhC4jRouEcbW b6yA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=uedbizmNNJLm3ooSfS0BO6xUML64fdeakXCnEo67MoU=; b=BAS7u4/2s77YnoDtgILW2RY0MOwtM2TExIzKQWtdc5cfalMJmetNnUENWbCdaZQfUq kYiqh4aBdhRPUCK7v0LPqPKSgiGsYT3XG9FDSdx4R6W4B74KkBGwH1P8bLNMEZAEZYI0 yEjWMZqcKzJTLAInfWbQxokArKG5AwReO/8X3oRR4d1a1Q+EeE66hyTpml0H2qV8xzQ6 iRgzzdK4aEJurXa6k+t96s0SktmAqFiIXc+0E01R7A6gSyAX2e+2tSlXLk1Shz6m3J1o 4ZvBjI40f+5YGRtRgQ6G/Aemo4kb/EZM/A4iHfJEmew+gc+0hyu8qe0+g6y4xrQB8+7Z dwAw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533Q6NMisHnfql8MDfnZVtP25iQYm9s7bHI2eDv0mQbBrXOYzT1q 9q1YuiwzpZyAHySbkLQO+nYNlgcOGtOfcVqy0XpCEYU476n08kD+ X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzy7IR6BvYk2ZDY3aQJ2CHl2umErFb07Yi3u7x8xZJ+9KEzDmMfPYK/7oMsRfRAtLTjKtgEbEIUTxJmIZ9q4FI= X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:ca:: with SMTP id p10mr2097525qtw.83.1623797698180; Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:54:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210615221659.ltbL6%steffen@sdaoden.eu> In-Reply-To: <20210615221659.ltbL6%steffen@sdaoden.eu> From: John Cowan Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:54:47 -0400 Message-ID: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000fcdff605c4d5dcc8" Subject: Re: [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" --000000000000fcdff605c4d5dcc8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 6:25 PM Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: > 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. Brief unexplained faults on telephony (and before that telegraphy) lines were "bugs on the line" back in the 19C. Vibroplex telegraph keys, first sold in 1905, had a picture of a beetle on the top of the key, and were notorious for creating bugs when inexperienced operators used them. (Vibroplex is still in business, still selling its continuous-operation telegraph keys, which ditt as long as you hold the paddle to the right.) John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org BALIN FUNDINUL UZBAD KHAZADDUMU BALIN SON OF FUNDIN LORD OF KHAZAD-DUM --000000000000fcdff605c4d5dcc8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Tue, Jun 15, 2= 021 at 6:25 PM Steffen Nurpmeso <s= teffen@sdaoden.eu> wrote:
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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.=C2=A0 Hopper is
also credited with coining the term 'bug' following an incident
involving a moth and a Mark II.

Yes, but wrongly.=C2=A0 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.=C2=A0 Brief unexplained f= aults on telephony (and before that telegraphy) lines were "bugs on th= e line" back in the 19C.=C2=A0 Vibroplex telegraph keys, first sold in= 1905, had a picture of a beetle on the top of the key, and were notorious = for creating bugs when inexperienced operators used them.=C2=A0 (Vibroplex = is still in business, still selling=C2=A0its continuous-operation telegraph= keys, which ditt as long as you hold the paddle to the right.)



John Cowan =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://v= rici.lojban.org/~cowan =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0cowan@ccil.org
BALIN FUNDINUL =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0UZBAD KHAZADDUMU
BALIN SON OF FUNDIN =C2=A0 =C2=A0 LORD OF KHA= ZAD-DUM

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