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Re: [OT] Babage and computer history

From Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.programming
Subject Re: [OT] Babage and computer history
Date 2015-07-10 22:03 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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"Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> writes:
<snip>
> http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/
>
> I came across this site that said Babbage never himself got to make is 
> difference or analytical engine. That was not my understanding. I thught he 
> had a machine and was working with Ada lovelace who was programming.

The site you link to matches my recollection of the story and is from an
authoritative source.  The Wikipedia page links to the science museum
that has pretty much the same story so I'm not sure sue what Usenet can
add.  Other than someone having a newly discovered and properly
authenticated Babbage-built difference engine in their basement, why
would to believe what someone might post over two well-respected museum
sites?

<snip>
-- 
Ben.

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[OT] Babage and computer history "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-07-09 14:20 -0400
  Re: [OT] Babage and computer history fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-07-10 08:33 -0700
  Re: [OT] Babage and computer history Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2015-07-10 08:50 -0700
    Re: [OT] Babage and computer history "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-07-10 14:22 -0400
      Re: [OT] Babage and computer history Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-10 22:03 +0100
        Re: [OT] Babage and computer history Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2015-07-10 19:49 -0700
        Re: [OT] Babage and computer history "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-07-10 23:16 -0400
          Re: [OT] Babage and computer history Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2015-07-10 20:19 -0700
          Re: [OT] Babage and computer history Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-11 23:19 +0100
            Re: [OT] Babage and computer history "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-07-12 12:22 -0400
              Re: [OT] Babage and computer history "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-07-17 18:31 -0400
            Re: [OT] Babage and computer history Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2015-07-12 10:09 -0700
      Re: [OT] Babage and computer history Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2015-07-10 20:11 -0700
        Re: [OT] Babage and computer history "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-07-11 14:03 -0400
        Re: [OT] Babage and computer history "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-07-12 02:22 -0400
          Re: [OT] Babage and computer history Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2015-07-12 10:07 -0700

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