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<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@unlambda" class="u-url mention">@<span>unlambda</span></a></span> It looks like the use of the word "value" to describe properties of musical notes dates back to approximately the 14th century; perhaps the math and programming sense generalize the music sense as well?</p><p><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/value" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">etymonline.com/word/value</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
<p>Team Fortress 2 major update released and source available for modders via the Source SDK <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/team-fortress-2-major-update-released-and-source-available-for-modders-via-the-source-sdk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/team</span><span class="invisible">-fortress-2-major-update-released-and-source-available-for-modders-via-the-source-sdk/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TeamFortress2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TeamFortress2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PCGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Steam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Valve</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Modding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Modding</span></a></p>
<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span><br />I'm pretty sure this is because the origins of written arithmetic were really keeping track of loans and grain stores and number of barrels of beer and such. So you were solving for quantities representing economic value.</p>
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<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> Oh no, I don’t have time to bisect ACM articles of the last 75 years looking for initial usage. Might be worth a quick check if von Neumann, Turing, Church, Kleene used the term.</p>
<p>(people seem to assume this is about programming but i feel fairly confident that programming and math use "value" in the exact same sense; why is it the case in math?)</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@mgedmin" class="u-url mention">@<span>mgedmin</span></a></span> why do they call it that in math?</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@unlambda" class="u-url mention">@<span>unlambda</span></a></span> it was, and I wasn't sure if the answer was that or not (in one non-English language i know, the equivalent word for "value" can be in principle translated as such but doesn't carry the monetary connotation at all)</p>
<p>Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source get major updates with 64bit support <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/counter-strike-source-and-day-of-defeat-source-get-major-updates-with-64bit-support/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/coun</span><span class="invisible">ter-strike-source-and-day-of-defeat-source-get-major-updates-with-64bit-support/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Valve</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Steam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PCGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CounterStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CounterStrike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayofDefeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DayofDefeat</span></a></p>