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| From | "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.programming |
| Subject | Re: [OT] Babage and computer history |
| Date | 2015-07-11 14:03 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mnrlme$b4q$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <mnmdv0$koq$1@dont-email.me> <d5f23f7b-21fe-4080-80f9-185586f2fc70@googlegroups.com> <mnp2eo$9cm$1@dont-email.me> <ddc7deef-df16-430b-8739-6f35c4715c1c@googlegroups.com> |
"Julio Di Egidio" <julio@diegidio.name> wrote in message
news:ddc7deef-df16-430b-8739-6f35c4715c1c@googlegroups.com...
Ada Lovelace is considered the first programmer in history for her ideas on
programming and programmable calculators and for the first explicit use of
algorithms. But she used the calculators that were available at the time to
do her experiments, not any programmable ones. Babbage, who was an
engineer, designed the first programmable, i.e. general purpose calculator
in history: what we would call a "computer". But it was
mechanico-hydraulic... as big as football stadium: it was never funded. If
you want to know more, go to the library.
> Early
> machine too were calculators and the "computer" was the person.
> Hope that's clear.
That's wrong: the person is the person and the machine is the machine. A
general purpose computer is a heck of a handy machine, but it does not beat
neither the abacus, nor the thermostat, and not even a good solid stick at
intelligence tests.
Ok the purpose if not clear of this post was just this; discussion of things
maybe unknown. Now I have read what I've read. Be it this museum site or
another site. The library, or you or another. Now therefore, who's right or
wrong. There's either a lot of opinion on this. Or questionable facts.
What you say about Ada Lovelace seems pretty universal.
Bill
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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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