[MacPerl-Forum] origin of 'populating a hash'

[Peta Adams - John Murray <jmnc@lis.net.au>]

Jefferson wrote:

#I've been writing some code that, among other things, populates a hash.
#I started to wonder about that particular turn of phrase, and whence it
came...

They tell me one of the first major uses of computers was collating censor
data, and the first major accounting function that snapped up computer
technology was processing peoples pays. Both focus on people. This may have
played a role in consolidating the term in the database world.

John.



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