TIL The worlds first computer virus was developed by Jon Von Neumann in 1949. It served as proof that computer programs are capable of replicating themselves en.wikipedia.org Submitted by s24569 t3_z64amy on November 27, 2022 at 3:41 PM in todayilearned 27 comments 433
Gusfoo t1_iy0jk41 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 8:52 PM No, "reflections on trusting trust" was it. You infect the compiler so that when it compiles the new compiler it replicates itself. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_ReflectionsonTrustingTrust.pdf Permalink 0
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