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Episode 173 - Hybrid Programming

Advent of Computing by Sean S Haas

Dec 29, 202501:02:59Society & Culture

Hybrid computers are composed of a digital computer linked to an analog computer. That leads to an interesting challenge: how do you write software for one of these things? The analog side actively resists programming, w...

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Episode 173 - Hybrid Programming is an episode from Advent of Computing by Sean S Haas. Hybrid computers are composed of a digital computer linked to an analog computer. That leads to an interesting challenge: how do you write software for...

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Published Dec 29, 2025, 01:02:59 long, audio available.

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Hybrid computers are composed of a digital computer linked to an analog computer. That leads to an interesting challenge: how do you write software for one of these things? The analog side actively resists programming, while the digital side can't comprehend of continuous values. In the 1960s specialized languages appeared that tried to bridge this divide. And, I assure you, they are not at all like what you would expect.

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Published Dec 29, 2025 and 01:02:59 long