I want to use this opportunity to plug The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace And Babbage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrilling_Adventures_of_Lovelace_and

I want to use this opportunity to plug The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace And Babbage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrilling_Adventures_of_Lovelace_and_Babbage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrilling_Adventures_of_Lo... The book is fun and deeply instructional. It has the only illustrated explanation of the analytical engine that I have ever been able to understand. And yes, Babbage wanted as much RAM as possible ("the store" he called it). This greatly ballooned the size of a mechanical machine as he devised it, further impeding its physical construction. The book actually pokes fun at this, inventing "Babbage's Law" to replace "Moore's Law": instead of shrinking by half regularly, the machines in this alternate comic book world double in size, and giant construction projects are required to install new RAM.