I commented on that earlier, including that it probably also has a cryptanalysis background: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27472900 https://news.ycombina

I commented on that earlier, including that it probably also has a cryptanalysis background: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27472900 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27472900 But yes, it definitely pre-dates the 1961 IBM machine in the article.