19 Jun
2007
19 Jun
'07
12:16
James Knott wrote:
Carl Spitzer wrote:
An old timer told me about those things and the roaches which used to eat the wires causing shorts, hence the term debugging.
That term had supposedly been created by Grace Hopper, who found a moth in the computer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
Fortunately, that page debunks the myth and provides a link to another one http://www.byte.com/art/9404/sec15/art1.htm that gives a detailed explanation, explaining that the term has been around since 1878 at least. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org