Coding Horror : Alan Turing, the Father of Computer Science.

En 1936, le mathématicien britannique Alan Turing publiait un article historique de 36 pages sur lequel est basée toute l’informatique moderne, autant dire une large part de toute la vie moderne.

Unfortunately, Alan Turing was also terribly persecuted for the « crime » of being a homosexual. He was arrested in 1952 for having sex with another man. It pains me greatly to read about the degrading and inhumane treatment one of our greatest scientific minds was subjected to. Alan Turing ultimately committed suicide not long afterwards at the age of 42.