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Re:Whiteboard problems in pure Lambda Calculus by fmap on Monday March 20, 2017 @03:45PM (#13917070)
Turing gets more credit in popular culture, but academically Church is more influential. Just look at the list of Church's PhD students: http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=8011

I have no clue why Turing became such a pop-culture icon, though...

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Re:Whiteboard problems in pure Lambda Calculus by krapp on Monday March 20, 2017 @09:06PM (#13918983)
Turing doesn't really have the status of a pop-culture icon. Outside of the phrase "Turing complete", and maybe historical accounts around breaking the Enigma, I doubt most people have even heard of him.

He's definitely more known than Alonzo Church, though.

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Re:Whiteboard problems in pure Lambda Calculus by lou1306 on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:19AM (#13922933)
What about "The Imitation Game"? I suppose that movie made Turing a quite well known figure, especially viz. Church.
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Re:Whiteboard problems in pure Lambda Calculus by mehaveaccount on Monday March 20, 2017 @08:58PM (#13918955)
>I have no clue why Turing became such a pop-culture icon, though...

Turing had personal attributes that culture-makers in NY and Hollywood want to promote to people.

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