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Quote: the analytical engine will guide the course of science; it can do all of analysis

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history of programming
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algorithmic complexity analysis

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That the whole of the developments and operations of analysis are now capable of being executed by machinery. ... [p. 69] As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will necessarily guide the future course of the science. Whenever any result is sought by its aid, the question will then arise--By what course of calculation can these results be arrived at by the machine in the shortest time?   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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Quote: what is the fastest method to calculate a result with the analytical engine?

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