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by tormeh 4111 days ago
Likewise Leibniz was the first computer scientist. As if anyone cares.
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I care. I like to know the truth not the marketing angle. Do you mind explaining ?
Probably a reference to Leibniz having discovered/invented the binary number system back in the 1679 [1]. He also worked on theories of algorithms and designed calculating machines [2].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_number#History

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz#Compu...