25 Jan
2011
25 Jan
'11
1:14 p.m.
On 25 Jan 2011 at 12:33, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011, Evan Koblentz wrote:
A Jacquard loom is programmable and even runs loops...
*I* wouldn't call it a computer.
--Chuck
Contrary to what you're implying, I really do
100% agree that it's
subjective. BUT .... wouldn't everyone also agree that, at the very
least, to be a "computer" a machine must be programmable?
Surprisingly, NO.