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Comment by chihuahua

17 hours ago

I guess the idea that a programmer can create software that then runs on multiple computers would have blown their mind.

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tralarpa  13 hours ago

VisiCalc was published in 1979.

  • marcosdumay  6 hours ago

    The future used to be way less widely distributed than it is now.

    Lisp machines were also created in 1979, pushing the concept that using a computer is programing.

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