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ASCII originated in 1963: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII It looks like the star notation for "zero or more" could

ASCII originated in 1963: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII It looks like the star notation for "zero or more" could originate in 1951 as the Kleene Star: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression#CITEREFKleene1951 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression#CITEREFKl... The wildcard use of the asterisk is at least as old as Unix, so probably pre-1970, but I can't find a reference in the time I am willing to spend.

rozab 6y ago
The regex thing doesn't make any sense as the asterisk isn't even a wildcard. I think the only system he's likely to have used at that time which used the asterisk as a wildcard is CP/M. It was definitely less ubiquitous as it is today.