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by AdieuToLogic 199 days ago
> This predates that. It's written in Ada.

Does it count if, combining the two, one could infer a musical scale[0] such as:

  Ada (ay-dah), Scala (ska-lah)
Bonus points for Latin aficionados:

  The word "scale" originates from the Latin scala,
  which literally means "ladder".
:-)

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_(music)
1 comments
reactordev 199 days ago
Every Good Boy…

Crazy how these two disciplines are so intertwined.

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AdieuToLogic 198 days ago
> Every Good Boy…

  Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, So Do ... compile please!
:-D

EDIT:

Seriously, though, what both music and fundamentally sound programming languages have in common is math. Elegantly defined versions of both are beautiful expressions of thought.

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