John von Neumann first understood that programs are data.
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@michael_nielsen Thanks a lot for the history lesson!
@hannes_brt Oh dear... wasn't meant to be a "lesson"... I was chasing down references for my own curiosity. Sorry about that!
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@michael_nielsen I was being sincere- much appreciated. On second thought it’s obvious that program=data is necessary for Turing machine. -
@hannes_brt Oh, good, glad to hear it. I've been chasing down historical refs for a project, so I think I'm a bit obsessed this week...
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