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Re:AMA: Explaining my 750 line compiler+runtime designed to ... by jarpineh on Monday March 06, 2017 @05:09PM (#13806501)
I think it's this: http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/tot.htm

I thought I had read it at some point, but now it doesn't ring a bell. Well, it's on the list now. It starts with Babbage quote and uses phrase "tool of thought" which coincides early computer history books I've been reading.

Re:AMA: Explaining my 750 line compiler+runtime designed to ... by arcfide on Monday March 06, 2017 @06:01PM (#13806892)
Yes, that would be the one.