Re: [OT] Babage and computer history

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From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject	Re: [OT] Babage and computer history
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"Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> writes:

> "Ben Bacarisse" <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote in message 
> news:87d1zzwwqx.fsf@bsb.me.uk...
>
>> 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?
> http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/overview/
>
> The "Final vindication" seems to clear things up. I guess he built a "small" 
> machine. That must have been what Ada was working with.

Programming is not about machines -- it's about procedures.  As far as I
know, Ada Lovelace never used any machine of any sort for programming.

<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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