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Celebrating Apollo's 50th Anniversary: The Oldest Code on GitHub

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Hmm maybe the oldest, for example:

https://github.com/rcornwell/ctss

CTSS was first demonstrated on MIT's modified IBM 709 in November 1961:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatible_Time-Sharing_System

I know the title references the code’s age, but I didn’t post it because of that. I was busy reading the full 3 part article, and found it fascinating.

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