Re: CCL:The "birth-year" of computational chemistry?

If you are interested in the History of Computer,
 you may check the following web site.
 http://ox.compsoc.net/~swhite/timeline.html
 However, please be warned that some dates
 may not be absolutely correct!
 -Lingran
 David E. Bernholdt wrote:
 >
 > I don't want to enter this fray except to say that one must be careful
 > to distinguish betweeen (a) analog and digital computers, and (b)
 > purpose-specific and general programmable computers.  Many early
 > computers were hardwired for specific tasks. I think you're free to
 > argue as much about the definition of the earliest computer as you are
 > about what constituted computational chemistry :-)
 >
 > Incidentally, I know that Iowa State U claims that that the
 > Atanasoff-Berry Computer (built 1937-1942) was the first _digital_
 > computer, predating ENIAC. (http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/ABC/ABC.html)
 >
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