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clipka wrote:
> - Even its 1943 successor, "Colossus", was not Turing-complete, and
> programmable only by re-wiring.
Just to avoid confusion, everyone should be aware that Turing machines are
programmable only by re-wiring. Those two clauses have nothing to do with
each other. :-)
> Programmable computers? A German invention.
Needing to rewire something doesn't make it non-programmable. It just makes
it non-von Neumann.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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