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>>Knitting is another analogy that can be used. And it's not mere coincidence that one of the first programmable machines was a loom that took paper-tape instr
by jackhack 9y ago
>>Knitting is another analogy that can be used.
And it's not mere coincidence that one of the first programmable machines was a loom that took paper-tape instructions, in the year 1725. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basile_Bouchon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basile_Bouchon
- partycoder 9y agoRight. And Herman Hollerith (of IBM fame) took punched cards, that were mainstream in the textile industry, and used it to create the "tabulating machine", the computer used to streamline the US census.