John von Neumann first understood that programs are data.
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@hannes_brt It's in Turing's original paper, as I recall.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@michael_nielsen Maybe JvN was just the first to do so in practice. Great read: http://nautil.us/issue/21/information/the-man-who-tried-to-redeem-the-world-with-logic …pic.twitter.com/Ej8Zo1rdzO
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@hannes_brt I think Babbage had the idea first (Analytical engine actually was universal). But vN got the idea from Turing,
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