• ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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      10 days ago

      Unfortunately Turing’s code was buggy and needed to be fixed by Geoff Tootill before it would run. His later Chess game was too complex for the hardware. He was better at big picture thinking and writing the manual.

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        god the value of someone handling writing the manual cannot be over stated

        also the guy making powerpoint is goated