# Episode 173 - Hybrid Programming

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Podcast: [Advent of Computing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/advent-of-computing-497186)
Published: 2025-12-29T00:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Hybrid computers are composed of a digital computer linked to an analog computer. That leads to an interesting challenge: how do you write software for one of these things? The analog side actively resists programming, while the digital side can't comprehend of continuous values. In the 1960s specialized languages appeared that tried to bridge this divide. And, I assure you, they are not at all like what you would expect.

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