Wikipedia: History of computers/Talk

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I think the page should start with the mechanical calculators of Schickard, Pascal and Leibniz.

I think the page should start with the mechanical calculators of Schickard?, Blaise Pascal and Gottfried Leibniz.

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Also, Zuse's and Turing's work is missing.

Also, Zuse?'s and Alan Turing's work is missing.

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Anybody know more about the eighteenth century polynomial solver that's mentioned in the difference engine section?

If Univac was a 1000 times faster - what were its competitors?

I think the page should start with the mechanical calculators of Schickard?, Blaise Pascal and Gottfried Leibniz.

Also, Zuse?'s and Alan Turing's work is missing.

Anybody know more about the eighteenth century polynomial solver that's mentioned in the difference engine section?

If Univac was a 1000 times faster - what were its competitors?