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The Bombe machines used to decipher Enigma are usually described as being electro-mechanical devices. Perhaps you could argue they were special-purpose computers of a sort, but definitely not the programmable, general-purpose machines most people think of when they hear the word "computer".
The first programmable electronic computer was developed at Bletchley Park, but it wasn't used to decipher Enigma.
Damn fancy Babbage contraptions all look the same to me.
Really? One relies on rotors and the other one relies on rope memory and vacuum tubes.
It's like comparing a sparkplug with a motor controller in my mind
Spark plug, smart phone..... Same number of syllables. Coincidence? I SAY GOOD DAY, SIR/MADAM/OTHER!
Well I'll be
They're also both S.P.
Smart is 5 letters, Spark is 5 letters.