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@zimpenfish@social.rjp.is  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

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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