3 Nov
2006
3 Nov
'06
3 p.m.
No, quipus were to record information, not perform computations or logic.
Also, they appeared a couple of thousand years after Stonehenge. Most quipus
are Inka, which date them after ca. 1100 AD, although, IIRC, there are Wari
quipus (ca 500AD). The Moche (200 BC-400AD) possibly used colored beans in a
similar way (the first bean counters!).
Bob
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Subject: Re: Discussion of large systems Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:47:29
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In article <20061103143309.O22324 at shell.lmi.net>,
Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> writes:
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On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, M H Stein wrote:
I wonder if the Quipu was first?
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quipu>
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<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Speaking of unit record equipment, another
candidate for the
"first" programmed "computer"?:
Stonehenge.
But, it took a LOT of "programmers" to make even a simple change.