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I once heard somebody talk about analog computers who is old enough to have used them. The impression I got was that they did work excessively well on a very n
by krylon 9y ago
I once heard somebody talk about analog computers who is old enough to have used them.
The impression I got was that they did work excessively well on a very narrow niche of problems (simulations, mostly). But "programming" them was a huge pain, and for the general purpose arena, they were not useful.
- marcosdumay 9y agoThey would be comparing them with the digital computers of the same time. There's a reason people used analog computers back them, and there's a reason nobody uses them now. Most of the reason is about how noise interferes with small components, and it's a physical reality that won't go away.