We define programming, as a general human activity, to mean the act of extending or changing a system’s functionality. Programming is a widespread activity that is done both by nonspecialists (e.g., consumers who change the settings of their alarm clock or cellular phone) and specialists (computer programmers, the audience of this book).
-- Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming by Peter Van Roy and Seif Haridi
By this definition even music boxes can be counted (which were done before Leibniz)
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By this definition even music boxes can be counted (which were done before Leibniz)