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From article: Babbage also wrote more than twenty programs that he never published.[19] So it’s not quite accurate to say that Lovelace wrote or published th
by robocat 2y ago
From article:
Babbage also wrote more than twenty programs that he never published.[19] So it’s not quite accurate to say that Lovelace wrote or published the first program, though
- countrymile 2y agoI was wondering if there was another source for the programs? I don't have the book it references.
- gregalt 2y agoI talk about his "Series L" tables here and link to scans of them: https://pairdebuggingwithlovelace.hashnode.dev/lovelaces-program-part-9-the-first-computer-program https://pairdebuggingwithlovelace.hashnode.dev/lovelaces-pro...
- countrymile 2y agoThis is excellent and makes a good case for Ada being the first programmer, many thanks for sharing. I've also stumbled across the science museum Babbage archive: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/documents/aa110000003/the-babbage-papers https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/documents/aa110...