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		tyrfing on Oct 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Async Ruby Coloured Petri Nets predate both and are relevant to crypto, I don't know enough to say if the idea was math/compsci jargon prior to that as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloured_Petri_net

jazzyjackson on Oct 31, 2021 [–]

Thanks! Didn’t know about Petri nets, makes me wonder if this all didn’t start with Red/Black binary trees, so named because that’s the two colors of ink they had on hand, cited 1978:

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