On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 9:45 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Just pointing out that "firsts" are very difficult. ... > "First" is a tricky term, like "best". > > --Chuck Yep, which is part of the canonical debate ;) This is why I and many others in the hobby removed the term "first" from our vocabularies when speaking of vintage computers. It's kind of pointless anyway as people tend to want a starting point in time at which they can point and say, "That is where it began", when in reality all new invention is just a continuum of improvement over time and occasionally a particular improvement makes more impact than others and gets elevated to "first" status. It's nice for newspaper headlines and such but for historians it's a waste of time (as we've borne witness to countless times over the years as this discussion re-rages periodically). Sellam
