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_matuschak·Oct 11, 2014@maillardy @hmason Yes, bugs were the literal origin of "bugs." c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug…3
Mar Hicks@histoftech·Jul 8, 2015@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_matuschakReplying to @histoftech@histoftech @maillardy @hmason a bit of the world’s magic has died in my heart today3:45 AM · Jul 8, 2015·Tweetbot for Mac
Mar Hicks@histoftech·Jul 8, 2015Replying to @andy_matuschak@andy_matuschak sorry :( @maillardy @hmason