Charlemagne

Cha, asikhulumi ngombusi odumile, omunye "wobaba abasungula"? IYurophu enamandla kangangokuthi igama elithi "inkosi" livela egameni lakhe. Futhi futhi ngemva kwekhulu leminyaka, umhlonishwa ophilayo weSonto LamaKatolika. Ochungechungeni lwethu, sisebenzelana kuphela nabadali besayensi yekhompiyutha: ochwepheshe bezibalo, ongqondongqondo, onjiniyela. Uma kunjalo, ubizwa ngokuthi uCharlemagne? lapha singachaza umuntu oyedwa kuphela: UCharles (Lona uKarol) I-Babbage?

Charles Babbage.

Injini yokuhlaziya? uma lakhiwe ngempela? izoba nenqwaba futhi izoba nenani elikhulu lezinto okunzima ukuzenza ngobuchwepheshe bangaleso sikhathi. Nokho, ukusebenza kwekhompyutha okubaliwe kwedivayisi nakho bekuhlaba umxhwele: ukwengeza noma ukususa izinombolo ezinamadijithi angu-40 kungathatha amasekhondi angu-3, ​​ukuphindaphinda noma ukuhlukanisa (okwenziwa ngokwengezwa okulandelanayo noma ukususa) kungathatha amaminithi angu-2-3. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umshini wavumela ukusetshenziswa kwamaqhinga okuhlela namasu avamile ezilimi zokuhlela zanamuhla, njengezihibe, imiyalelo enemibandela, nokucutshungulwa okufanayo, ngakho wawuphelele ngomqondo wokuthi i-Alan Turing enkulu yachazwa kuphela ekhulwini le-1871. Umshini wakhiwa ngokuqhubekayo nguBabbage waze washona ngo-XNUMX. Nali ilukuluku. Incazelo yokuqala ephelele uma kuqhathaniswa ye-Analytical Engine nokusebenza kwayo, kanye nencazelo yohlelo, akuwona neze umsebenzi we-Babbage, kodwa ingabe yaphuma? ngesicelo sikamakhi? kusukela epeni lendodakazi yembongi enkulu u-Lord Byron, owabhekwa ngenxa yalesi sizathu njengomhleli wezinhlelo wokuqala emhlabeni, omuhle futhi onesiphiwo ngokwezibalo ngokwezibalo. Edie Lovelace. Wahlangana noBabbage ngo-1833, eneminyaka engu-18? futhi wayenobungane kakhulu naye kwaze kwaba yilapho eshona ngaphambi kwesikhathi ngenxa yomdlavuza eneminyaka engu-37. Igama lakhe ? ISIHOGO? futhi inolimi olulodwa lwezinhlelo.