[PLUG-TALK] What is Code?

Galen Seitz galens at seitzassoc.com
Sun Dec 13 03:09:05 UTC 2015


On 12/12/15 12:15, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> A, IMHO, great article about computer code, written for the
> non-programmer. It includes lots of history and examples and
> interactivity and business world examples.
> 
> http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/?src=longreads#grabbag
>
>  Only glaring error that smacked me was his statement that version
> control began with git. How can history include Simula and not vcs or
> rcs?

RCS is pup compared to SCCS.  According to wikipedia, SCCS originated
1972, while RCS was a decade later in 1982.


galen
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