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I think the page should start with the mechanical calculators of Schickard[?], Blaise Pascal and Gottfried Leibniz.

Also, Zuse[?]'s and Alan Turing's work is missing.

Anybody know more about the eighteenth century polynomial solver that's mentioned in the difference engine section?

If Univac was a 1000 times faster - what were its competitors?

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