imitation game movie

Jon Elson elson at pico-systems.com
Wed Feb 11 13:00:38 CST 2015


On 02/10/2015 11:23 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
> OK, my only comment to that is the stuff that says "Turing 
> was THE father of the computer, period, full stop."
> Note the singular.
>
OK, I'd like to clarify my position on this, after a little 
contemplation.
I was objecting to Turing as THE father of the "computer".

If somebody wants to state Turing was the father of 
"computer science",
I'd have a hard time arguing with that one!

Jon


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