23 Jan
2011
23 Jan
'11
3:26 p.m.
On 23 Jan 2011 at 14:26, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011, Evan Koblentz wrote:
Well, if you collect such documents, pull out the ANSI standards
document for COBOL or FORTRAN and read the preface commentary. A
"computer" is designated by anything, and particularly humans, that
computes. Period.
--Chuck
electromechanical everything else; and that
without the ability to
run a program, it doesn't meet the definition of "computer".
Perhaps you could enlighten us with the definitive definistion of
"computer"?