The history of computing is filled with so many names, and odd or tangled stories, this is one that I was un-aware of, and is super interesting. If you like th

The history of computing is filled with so many names, and odd or tangled stories, this is one that I was un-aware of, and is super interesting. If you like these strange connections you should go and read about the Jacquard loom, that was using punch cards to control the patterns produced! It can be argued that "programmability" came before general purpose computing...