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History of CS & Programing (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Kelho@lemmy.ml to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Hey everyone! I'm looking for some good documentaries on the history of computer science and Programing in general!

If they are free and easily accessible it's a plus!

Thanks in advance!

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

There's a great documentary from the 1980s called "Wargames" /j

Seriously though, I would recommend the YouTube channel "Computerphile". It's by the same guy who does Numberphile but it's all about computer science topics. They often give a bit of the history for how things came about. Tom Scott's YouTube channel has many computer science topics as well, though AFAIK he hasn't done any recently.

[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Keep in mind things go back further then you might think to mechanical computing machines. Ada Lovelace is often considered to be the first computer programmer: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

[–] Fafner@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago

LowSpecGamer and RetroBytes on YouTube are good rabbit holes for early hardware history!

[–] CDN@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Check out the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley.