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Re:In the 17th Century, Leibniz Dreamed of a Machine That Co... by 082349872349872 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:15PM (#36926674)
I sometimes wonder if Turing picked factorial as the example in his 1949 "Checking a Large Routine"[0] purely at hazard, or possibly as an homage to Leibniz, who was fond of them[1]?

[0] https://turingarchive.kings.cam.ac.uk/publications-lectures-...

[1] see "Dissertatio de arte combinatoria...", 1666 https://ia800906.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages....

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