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The problem is older than I thought... (lemmy.nz)
submitted 11 months ago by trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 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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[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 21 points 11 months ago

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

[-] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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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