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The problem is older than I thought... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.dev
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I guess now we finally know why Babbage never finished building the Analytical Engine.

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[–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Debugging was easier when all you had to do was spray the room with fly spray and vacuum the tubes.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Just that the Analytical Engine she'd have had to debug was all gears and levers and cranks and linkages and shit. One wrong move and it'll take off a finger, or a hand, or more.

    In hindsight, if modern computers were like this, probably users would be different, too...

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