On Sat, Jun 7, 2025, 7:34 AM Bret Busby <[email protected]> wrote: > > And, remember - the breaking of the enigma code, was regarded as > impossible, and, without the trying to break the code, and, the actions > of Alan Turing and Joan Clark and their team, we would not have these > devices named electronic computers, but, computers would still be the > people who were the women in the movie "Hidden Figures" >
This is not accurate. Turing's first computer (not the "bombes" used earlier) was one of many efforts worldwide at the same time to build a digital electronic computer. The Germans had already built one and had it operational by 1941, they were actually the first. Designed and built by Konrad Zuse. His programming language called Plankalkül influenced the design of the Algol programming language, and was later proven to be Turing-complete. .. > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > (UTC+0800) > .............. > >
