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I'm not disputing the influence of jacquard machines in general, but there is big difference between "having influence on computing" and "is a computer".
by zokier 1y ago
I'm not disputing the influence of jacquard machines in general, but there is big difference between "having influence on computing" and "is a computer".
- dleeftink 1y agoIt's an interesting question, where the boundaries of an innovation lie. If we take Jacquard's loom as an 'ordinateur' or information ordering machine, its 'computing' properties become more recognisable -- composite outputs and patterns derived from stringing together smaller bits (and strings) of information.
- bregma 1y agoIt's not just a computer, it's a stored program computer. What it's not is a general purpose computer.