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@zimpenfish@social.rjp.is  ·  activity timestamp last month

TIL about the discussions that occurred around the distinguishment of "capital oh" and "zero" for purposes
of readability and disambiguation back in the early 60s(!)

(Hilarious* to think that we're still sometimes having the same discussions 60 years later.)

via @fanf

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/363534.363563 (pdf)

#TIL #PDF #ACM

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