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> John von Nuemann Are you saying that some of the work attributed to Neumann was not his? Are there any examples?
by copperx 5y ago
> John von Nuemann
Are you saying that some of the work attributed to Neumann was not his? Are there any examples?
- jazzyjackson 5y agoThe famed "von Neumann" architecture refers to a write-up he was asked to do to update the Army on progress on the ENIAC. He didn't even intend to publish it, the ENIAC was classified, it was Goldstine that published it with their names on it. See the "controversies" section here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Draft_of_a_Report_on_the_EDVAC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Draft_of_a_Report_on_t... The book "Pioneer Programmer" by ENIAC programmer Jean Jennings Bartik goes into detail about the egos at play in taking credit for the work done by Eckert & Mauchly.