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by Y_Y 563 days ago
But that's an input too (cf. contingent vs. necessary truth). If the Analytical Engine were controlled by an Orléaniste it would surely declare the balding[0] Count of Paris, Jean Carl Pierre Marie d'Orléans, to be king[1].

[0] https://files.osf.io/v1/resources/p4wqa/providers/osfstorage... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_to_the_former_Frenc...