https://www.isegoria.net/2018/05/no-one-else-was-familiar-with-both-fields-at-the-same-time/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2018/05/no-one-else-was-familiar-with-both-fields-at-the-same-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2632307 David Foster Mon, 28 May 2018 01:32:16 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43534#comment-2632307 Babbage’s design for the Analytical Engine did in fact include memory: 1000 numbers of 40 digits each. The Analytical Engine was never constructed because it was too mechanically complex to be built at any reasonable cost using the machining technology of the time.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2018/05/no-one-else-was-familiar-with-both-fields-at-the-same-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2632279 Lu An Li Sun, 27 May 2018 21:34:24 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43534#comment-2632279 These various old time computers such as the Babbage machine did work but did not have memory. Memory is key to the modern computer and sets the modern device apart from the Babbage machine.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2018/05/no-one-else-was-familiar-with-both-fields-at-the-same-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2632240 Bob Sykes Sun, 27 May 2018 11:47:09 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43534#comment-2632240 Judging from my personal experience with engineering students over 37 years, I doubt that many computer science students have ever heard of Boole or Frege as philosophers or read any of their works, although they might be familiar with Boolean logic. The stereotype of engineers as philistines, like many stereotypes, is pretty much true.

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