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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
