14 Feb
2008
14 Feb
'08
5:58 a.m.
Charles H Dickman wrote:
Jules Richardson wrote:
It's just one of those questions which crops up every once in a while, thus
opening a whole can of worms :-)
I don't think there's any 'right' answer as even if (as someone mentioned)
the
various terms of the question were defined, chances are that answers from
popular history still wouldn't reflect the reality.
It seems that 'big ideas' are rarely invented by any one person or group -
typically several efforts seem to pop up around the globe within a very narrow
space of time, and the person credited in the history books isn't always the
'first'.
Of course, as a discussion topic on this list, 'first computer' is still
pretty interesting.
cheers
Jules
Charles H Dickman wrote:
? So what is the oldest computer still operational?
I have a can of worms that can do math...