Hilary Mason@hmason·Oct 10, 2014TIL that the phrase software "patch" is from a physical patch applied to Mark 1 paper tape to modify the program.18212K6,641
Andy Matuschak@andy_matuschakReplying to @maillardy@maillardy @hmason Yes, bugs were the literal origin of "bugs." c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug…7:57 PM · Oct 11, 2014·Twitter for Mac
Edwin Keulers@maillardy·Oct 11, 2014Replying to @andy_matuschak@andy_matuschak @hmason Didn’t know that. The term is actually even older I read but the metaphor has a literal origin so no joke. Great!
Chuck Adams@sproingie·Oct 12, 2014Replying to @andy_matuschak@andy_matuschak @maillardy @hmason "bug" has been around to mean annoyance or defect since Shakespeare. Edison commonly used the term.
Mar Hicks@histoftech·Jul 8, 2015Replying to @andy_matuschak@andy_matuschak @maillardy @hmason no, they weren't. If you read Hopper's log you can see she's making a joke about a pre-existing term.1
Andy Matuschak@andy_matuschak·Jul 8, 2015@histoftech @maillardy @hmason a bit of the world’s magic has died in my heart today1