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First recorded usage of “Hacker” from MIT paper in 1963

• sown 18y ago
  I seem to remember the phrase being used to describe writers "hacking" at their typewriters sometime earlier, too...
  • gruseom 18y ago
    "Hack" related to writing has been around much longer. IIRC, Byron described himself this way. The article here concerns the tech sense only. Also, in the case of a writer the noun isn't "hacker" but just "hack". Edit: can't find the reference in Byron. I am reminded, though, that a "hack" used to refer to an old or low-quality horse that would be let out for hire. Perhaps it got applied to writers from there.
• jcl 18y ago
  Earlier discussions: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=289215 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=289215 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=152565 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=152565