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minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·18 days agoAlways loved the story of what they saw in the source code of software they used in historic NASA missions from decades past. https://interestingengineering.com/science/code-moon-landings-released-surprising-hilarious Turns out, the programmers back then were just as unsure about what they were doing as much as programmers are today … except the guys back then had computers less powerful than a modern smart watch controlling a missile that was aimed at the moon.
Always loved the story of what they saw in the source code of software they used in historic NASA missions from decades past.
https://interestingengineering.com/science/code-moon-landings-released-surprising-hilarious
Turns out, the programmers back then were just as unsure about what they were doing as much as programmers are today … except the guys back then had computers less powerful than a modern smart watch controlling a missile that was aimed at the moon.