24 May
2024
24 May
'24
5:38 p.m.
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 9:45 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Just pointing out that "firsts" are very
difficult.
...
"First" is a tricky term, like
"best".
--Chuck
Yep, which is part of the canonical debate ;) This is why I and many
others in the hobby removed the term "first" from our vocabularies when
speaking of vintage computers.
It's kind of pointless anyway as people tend to want a starting point in
time at which they can point and say, "That is where it began", when in
reality all new invention is just a continuum of improvement over time and
occasionally a particular improvement makes more impact than others and
gets elevated to "first" status. It's nice for newspaper headlines and
such but for historians it's a waste of time (as we've borne witness to
countless times over the years as this discussion re-rages periodically).
Sellam