John von Neumann first understood that programs are data.
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Replying to @hannes_brt
@hannes_brt It's in Turing's original paper, as I recall.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @michael_nielsen
@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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Replying to @hannes_brt
@hannes_brt Wikipedia has a nice note on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing#cite_note-36 …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @michael_nielsen
@hannes_brt Here's the letterpic.twitter.com/XXps4fnjXu
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Replying to @michael_nielsen
@michael_nielsen Thanks a lot for the history lesson!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @hannes_brt
@hannes_brt Oh dear... wasn't meant to be a "lesson"... I was chasing down references for my own curiosity. Sorry about that!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @michael_nielsen
@michael_nielsen I was being sincere- much appreciated. On second thought it’s obvious that program=data is necessary for Turing machine.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@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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