From: otto@drijf.net (Otto Moerbeek)
Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Charles Babbage!
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 09:55:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171226085548.GW5554@colo.drijf.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1712261355290.27626@aneurin.horsfall.org>
On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 02:01:04PM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> > > Charles Babbage KH FRS was born on this day in 1791
> >
> > Did 20th century pioneers such as von Neumann and Zuse know about
> > Babbage?
>
> Probably; I have no idea.
>
> --
> Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
This gives some hints:
https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/10828/the-relation-between-babbage-and-von-neumann
-Otto
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-26 8:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-25 23:58 Dave Horsfall
2017-12-26 0:21 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-12-26 3:01 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-12-26 8:55 ` Otto Moerbeek [this message]
2017-12-26 22:46 ` Dave Horsfall
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