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"Absolutely would have worked" is probably the closest you can get to modern software development ;) Or more seriously put: It's a concept for a machine with 5
by elcapitan 10y ago
"Absolutely would have worked" is probably the closest you can get to modern software development ;)
Or more seriously put: It's a concept for a machine with 55k moving parts and powered by a steam engine. "Would work" is probably a bold statement considering how far off theoretical designs always are from the engineering reality, by all experience.
- jacquesm 10y agohttp://plan28.org/ http://plan28.org/
- elcapitan 10y ago"We have been pecking away at Babbage’s original design drawings for some while now and have found with regret that we are unable to reverse engineer a coherent and consistent understanding of the Analytical Engine from the mechanical drawings alone. " http://blog.plan28.org/2016/05/spring-2016-report-to-computer.html http://blog.plan28.org/2016/05/spring-2016-report-to-compute... If you read further, it becomes pretty clear that it's more or less a theoretical idea. A great one though, granted.