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| From | "Opensource.com" <opensource.com@bbs.alt119.net> |
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| Newsgroups | free.software.open-source |
| Subject | Use this Python script to simulate Babbage's Difference Engine |
| Date | 2020-09-21 07:25 +0000 |
| Organization | ALT119 |
| Message-ID | <b68edd0843e90bc48e5d05266cd9667e@bbs.alt119.net> (permalink) |
Charles Babbage (1791-1871) was an avid mathematician with very wide interests. He is well-known for envisioning the idea of computers and single-handedly developed what he called a Difference Engine to make serial calculations. It was a mechanical machine with a series of axles and gears to make calculations, with the output being a printed table. read more https://opensource.com/article/20/9/babbages-python
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