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Is this the first documented instance of finding a bug in a computer program? That should be a more well known milestone in my opinion.

• modernerd 8y ago
  The author mentions that another blogger, Jim Randell, found the same error in 2015 when translating the tables to Python: https://enigmaticcode.wordpress.com/tag/bernoulli-numbers/ https://enigmaticcode.wordpress.com/tag/bernoulli-numbers/ It's also debated whether these were bugs from Ada or transcription errors. But, yes, it does seem like an interesting milestone
  • adtac 8y ago
    >It's also debated whether these were bugs from Ada or transcription errors Transcription errors would make this the first bug due to bit rot in a special sense! Still quite remarkable :)
    • moomin 8y ago
      git blame a bit hard in this case.