I expected this to be about Plankalkül or something devised by Babbage.

ginko • today at 1:34 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

riskassessment • today at 5:58 PM

I was expecting a system like Leibniz notation, Boolean Algebra, Begriffsschrift, or the notation system in Principia Mathematica

IAmBroom • today at 6:56 PM

Yeah, "oldest" needs an asterisk.

Edit: and just three paragraphs in, the author admits they didn't even bother using the oldest version of FORTRAN itself.

So, "oldest" means "rather early".

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