Well, as far as I can tell, even the electromechanical computers of the 1930s were not significantly faster than humans using mechanical calculators. That’s why I don’t think it would have worked in Babbage’s day. More details in the middle of this essay https://rootsofprogress.org/epistemic-standards-for-why-it-took-so-long
Well, as far as I can tell, even the electromechanical computers of the 1930s were not significantly faster than humans using mechanical calculators. That’s why I don’t think it would have worked in Babbage’s day. More details in the middle of this essay https://rootsofprogress.org/epistemic-standards-for-why-it-took-so-long
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