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Alan Turing, the Inventor of Software

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-broke-my-turing-machine dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "BusinessWeek celebrates its anniversary with a series of articles about the great thinkers and innovators from the past 75 years. The series stars with a profile of Alan Turing, "Thinking Up Computers." In case you forgot, Turing is the man who created the concept of a "universal machine" which would perform various and diverse actions when given various sets of instructions. In other words, he laid out in the 1920s the foundations of software. You'll find the introduction of Turing's profile, plus more details, photographs and references in this overview."

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  1. Re:Turing was also... by the_mad_poster · · Score: 0, Troll

    At which point they would say:

    What fer now yer bringin' dem fajits 'round these here parts? I ain't never hearda no turin cep' for that Jesus thing, but it does fer surely sound like a fajit name tah me!

    Get me mah shootin' stick maw! We got summa them thar edurmacated city type folk on our front lawn! Git now! Y'hear?

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  2. Re:Turing was also... by flyneye · · Score: 0, Troll

    Dont forget folks,the british empire castrated poofs they caught back then too!

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  3. Re:This guy should be the hero of gay rights. by CelticLo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe you should find yourself some better company if know of yours has ever heard of Turing?