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[โ€“] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Konrad Zuse invented the first proper computer.

Alan Turing later invented computing.

This distinction is why computer science exists.

[โ€“] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Turing theories and papers were pre-war. It's those that people remember him for.