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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Where did he say that about compilers and high level languages? He died before Fortran was released and probably programmed on punch cards or tape.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I'll try to find it later, I read he said that in a book from Martin Davis. He didn't speak about Fortran, I just used it as an analogy

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Fair, I'm mostly just curious what high level languages were around at the time given how early this was in the history of programming. A quick search did not turn up helpful results.

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