Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.brightview.co.uk!news.brightview.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:12:43 -0500 From: Gareth Owen Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education References: <87lh0g2ugd.fsf@gmail.com> <87wpjz68re.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:12:43 +0000 Message-ID: <87ins8z8tg.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:nXIXztrFqfAeuwiU6Pm3oBooDyM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Lines: 9 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-EpdTHp7i+bWg/kVaxKpfWMyhOcC87k7qf0EPMI3ApG+Dh12ql0wTi4/vcgzyTL953dfMSu10T5N+XVT!mApVaaWd419ew4+YMSltufsXv5T1KNpr/ROjOvtPI3fSbayrGQq4NwoBfZh8VX6A1Z8e X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1566 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:95456 "J. Clarke" writes: >> You may choose other definitions to fit your preferred answers. Whatever. > > So the Analytical Engine would not have been a "stored-program > computer" because the memory, like every other part of it, was not > electronic? You may choose other definitions to fit your preferred answers. Whatever.