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I'm actually surprised that they didn't mention that the patterns output from the loom were encoded by what we now recognize as the first programming language.

by ksaj 3y ago

I'm actually surprised that they didn't mention that the patterns output from the loom were encoded by what we now recognize as the first programming language. The language is still in use, too. The comparison between cams and vinyl records was very interesting, and it was all bordering on and some fully implementing programmability.

kragen 3y ago
they were not encoded by a programming language, though it was a digital encoding, nor is there a sense in which an analog system can 'fully implement programmability'