ext_3108 ([identity profile] novalis.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] swan_tower 2010-06-05 12:18 am (UTC)

Going by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_engine it was to use programs loaded from punch cards and written in effectively assembly language, and was thus Turing-complete long before Turing.

I did not know that. Neat!

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