Author: Gregor Overney
Date: 23:42:32 10/23/00
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> * around 1850(?): Charles Babbage outlined plans for yet did > not actually build his so-called "Analytical > Engine" which was the first programmable > general-purpose computer so to speak. His > co-worker Lady Ada Lovelace (gave name to > programming language "Ada") wrote programs > for this machine, including a perceived > chess program or at least ideas therefor. This is very interesting. Do you know of a source about this idea for a chess program for Babbage's mechanical computer system? Gregor
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