Gusfoo t1_iy0jk41 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 8:52 PM Reply to 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 by s24569 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
Gusfoo t1_iy0jk41 wrote
Reply to 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 by s24569
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