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Re:Ancient Babylonian Algorithms: The Earliest Programs by robterrin on Sunday February 28, 2021 @10:32AM (#26294045)
Wonder if Knuth’s work in 1972 influenced Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash” in 1992? Certainly seems like it did!

Solid essay on ancient myth and “Snow Crash” here: https://www.cs.unc.edu/~taylorr/snowcrash.html

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