Chicken or the egg?
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I would have to disagree about Dr. Grace Hopper creating the first computer language. I would have to say it was Charles Babbage who created the first language (Machine language is also a computer language - someone had to design it!) when he designed his Analytical Engine. And the first programmer was Ada Augusta Byron, the Countess of Lovelace and daughter of Lord Byron. She wrote programs for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine in the 19th Century. However, as funding ran out the engine was never built and the programs never tested. ...And it was the Egg that came first - it was not a chicken that laid it, but the egg hatched in to a chicken through the miracle of genetics and evolution.
I don't know. An interesting argument, but from what I have just briefly read on Babbage, he created a machine to use geometrical proofs to interpret mathematical proofs. I suppose if you consider bicycle peddles a motor then the Analytical Engine is a computer. Hmmm.... :confused:
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Sounds pretty much lika any modern cross compiling compiler :) Did you ever read the Dragon Book? It's nice to see that some theories have actually been implemented.. :-D -- You still have your old friend Zoidberg. You all have Zoidberg!
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Did you ever read the Dragon Book? Mike borrowed my copy of it a long time ago, IIRC. I did get it back though (along with my copy of Modern Compiler Design which was also borrowed) :-) I think he read them more than I did :rolleyes: -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky
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Ok, so this is a pretty common question, which came first, the chicken, or the egg? But, i have a twist. Which came first, the language, or the compiler? I've looked in my c++ books, and i searched google about it last night, but many of the answers i uncovered were rather vague. How can you write a compiler in a language to compile the language you wrote the compiler in? (bleh) its confusing to me, can someone explain this? :omg::eek: *.* cin >> knowledge;
Easy, what came first was the Assembler[^]. Back in the day programmers only programmed in assembly, they had squinty eyes and drank copious quantities of caffeinated beverages. They had names like Bill or John or Steve and you just knew by looking into their eyes that they were never going to lose their virginity. ;)
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:-D Ever tried jikes? The IBM java compiler? It's written in C++ and it SCREAMS! :) -- You still have your old friend Zoidberg. You all have Zoidberg!
No I haven't tried it but then I only go anywhere near Java if it is required by work and they are into the oracle java stuff at the moment. pseudonym67 Neural Dot Net Articles 1-11 Start Here Fuzzy Dot Net Articles 1-4 Start Here "Do you hide in Happy Hour?" Marillion Clutching At Straws