Via Self-Rescuing Princess Society.

Via Self-Rescuing Princess Society.

I knew of the link between weaving and coding, but I had not realised that knitting was Turing-complete!

And, for the record, anyone who thinks that coding is male-only process is just a bigot. I know, and work with, dozens of excellent coders of all genders.

Originally shared by Ray Radlein

Edit: As someone added on Twitter: "Your periodic reminder that knitting is a two-register counter machine, and is therefore Turing-complete."
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Comments

  1. Sephi PiderWitch12 February 2017 at 11:17

    I thought code was invented by a woman. ;)

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  2. Rob Masters12 February 2017 at 11:33

    It certainly was! Both conceptually (Lady Lovelace) and practically (Admiral Hopper, for high level languages). Maybe someone can tell me the name of the person who first came up with assembly language, as I believe that was a woman as well.

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  3. Stephen Gunnell12 February 2017 at 17:18

    I cant find any reference to that (assembly language). But you may want to peruse this list yourself: https://www.women.cs.cmu.edu/ada/Resources/Women/

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  4. Sephi PiderWitch13 February 2017 at 03:16

    Did you check maybe knitting machine language? Which actually does use assembly language

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  5. Rob Masters13 February 2017 at 05:03

    Sephi PiderWitch that's terrible! I wish I'd thought of it!

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  6. Sephi PiderWitch13 February 2017 at 06:08

    I used to own one. Was given to me. Never did have the space to set it up so I donated it. ) Damn things are huge!

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