10 Feb
2015
10 Feb
'15
9:56 a.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck
Guzis
Sent: 10 February 2015 17:43
To: General at classiccmp.org; Discussion at classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off-
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Subject: Re: imitation game movie
On 02/10/2015 09:23 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
Just because Turing didn't build a computer doesn't mean he wasn't the father
of computing. The work he did defined both what a computer is, and allowed us to divide
problems into those which can be solved on a computer, and those where the computer can
guess the answer enough times that it will eventually get it right.
Dave Wade
G4UGM
misconceptions and misinformation out there.
OK, my only comment to that is the stuff that says "Turing was THE
father of the computer, period, full stop."
Note the singular.
What about Charles Babbage and (Augusta) Ada Byron? How can you leave
them out?
How about John Antansaoff? From Wikip, to refresh your memory:
"John Vincent Atanasoff (October 4, 1903 ? June 15, 1995) was an American
physicist and inventor, best known for inventing the first electronic digital
computer."
--Chuck