Lovelace's insight was understanding that it was possible to represent symbols using numbers (letters, notes of music) and that therefore a machine that could p

Lovelace's insight was understanding that it was possible to represent symbols using numbers (letters, notes of music) and that therefore a machine that could perform calculation could also perform computation [0]. That's something Babbage didn't anticipate (or at least, didn't express it publicly). Lovelace did. Now this article, while true, will sadly get flagged any minute now. EDIT: Wow, I had not seen the rest of the site and the alarming white suppremacist content. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K5p_tBcrd0&t=2189s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K5p_tBcrd0&t=2189s