Soviet general believed that 'reliable electronic general computers in the the near future were impossible.' Sounds as though somehow their intelligence was re

Soviet general believed that 'reliable electronic general computers in the the near future were impossible.' Sounds as though somehow their intelligence was relying too much on the limitations of Zuse's Z4, and oblivious to ENIAC and Univac1. Reminds me of the (ex-military) school superintendant who told me in the early 80s that he'd been to a conference in Arizona where the experts told him that the world wouldn't be needing many programmers in the future.