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Not taking anything away from Sir Maurice's contributions but Babbage and Turing were both British. Was there a need for another "father"-title?
by aniket_ray 16y ago
Not taking anything away from Sir Maurice's contributions but Babbage and Turing were both British. Was there a need for another "father"-title?
- hvs 16y agoTuring could be named the "father" of computer science (among others) and Babbage was the "father" of the digital computer. I'm not disagreeing with you, though.
- CERTIORARI 16y agopater familias, when one dies, another takes his place.