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Tim Harford introduces inventions, ideas and innovations that have helped to create the modern economic world. Installing Windows might take 5,000 years without the compiler.

Installing Windows might take 5,000 years without the compiler, a remarkable innovation which made modern computing possible. Tim Harford tells a compelling story which has at its heart a pioneering woman called Grace Hopper who - along the way - single-handedly invented the idea of open source software too. The compiler evolved into COBOL - one of the first computer languages - and led to the distinction between hardware and software.

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Fri 31 Mar 2017 12:04

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