Iirc Basic was the first, non-scientist friendly programming language.
COBOL predates it, having first been introduced in 1959. BASIC came about in 1963.
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People will put IoT into everything, no exceptions. Did you really think it would stop at thermostats and surveillance cameras?
Good point. I should really put on some Casiopea.
And also ells, rods, cubits, paces, furlongs, oxgangs, lots, batmans… all with subtly different regional definitions (with regions sometimes as small as one village).
People used loosely defined measurements based on things like their own body parts or how much land they guessed their ox could plow on an average day. Things like mathematical convenience or precision were not all that important; being able to measure (or estimate) without tools was.