Comments on: Great Men You’ve Never Heard of: Alan Turing, Inventor of the Computer Program

By: Loke Lay

Loke Lay — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:46:02 +0000

Many thanks, Mr. Andy Luscombe, but Turing’s birthday should be June 23rd, not 22nd.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:06:42 +0000

@ Tudza, no we were speaking to the guy behind you — no, the other guy — yeah him, he definitely didn’t know who Alan Turing was.
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By: tudza

tudza — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:31:26 +0000

I’ve known about Turing for 30+ years. Obviously you are speaking to some other “you” that didn’t study either math, philosophy, computer science, or the history of WWII.

By: Reuben

Reuben — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:54:55 +0000

Not to diminish Turings contribution to computer science and many other fields or the noble ways he fought his ultimate persecution at the hand of the country he helped save, but he didn’t invent the computer program. He certainly contributed large pieces of what we consider it today, but cursory research (pardon the pun) would show earlier efforts that are essentially computer programs. See Babbage and Lovelace for their mechanical programmable computer in the 19th century to start.

Thanks for highlighting Turing, though. He shaped the world we live in.