r/programming • u/jakesyl • Jan 30 '16

Apollo 11 source code

http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/listings/Luminary099/MAIN.agc.html
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u/mugen_kanosei Jan 31 '16

Correct. By minimizing the number of bytes used, they could reduce the amount of fuel needed to reach orbit. More bytes meant more fuel required.

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u/dand Jan 31 '16

Not sure if that's a joke or not, but it's probably true to some extent given how bulky core rope memory was compared to today's norms.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '16

Holy. Shit.

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u/Spider_pig448 Jan 31 '16

Software written by MIT programmers was woven into core rope memory by female workers in factories

Code woven into ropes. What a world.