[vcf-midatlantic] The Atlantic : How Aristotle Created the Computer

[Herb Johnson]

The cited article is a surprisingly through and generally correct 
presentation of the formal history of logic, computation and computing 
theory. This article, is how academics and historians look at 
"computing", and doesn't really have much new from my glance. It's a 
good tutorial, I think.

I'm not sure why The Atlantic published it in the recent issue, what 
event or circumstance prompted it - I read very quickly to scope out the 
article. The author apparently is an "angel investor" and 
former/current? computing financial whiz.

Of course, the title argument is merely a draw to read the article, 
"success has many parents".


Herb

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