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Steampunk Unboxing: Difference Engine Arrives in Silicon Valley | Wired
It has always been a minor peeve of mine that so much attention is paid to Babbage and his difference engine.  It is not, despite what you may have heard, the first computer; because it is not programmable in any meaningful sense of the word.
The real credit should go to Alan Turing.  Maybe.

Steampunk Unboxing: Difference Engine Arrives in Silicon Valley | Wired

It has always been a minor peeve of mine that so much attention is paid to Babbage and his difference engine. It is not, despite what you may have heard, the first computer; because it is not programmable in any meaningful sense of the word.

The real credit should go to Alan Turing. Maybe.