Ch 4: To Throw the Powers of Thought into Wheel-Work

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Comment on one of these quotes from the book:

1. "Precomputation plus data storage plus data transmission usually came out cheaper than ad hoc computation."

2. "Knowledge has a value and a discovery cost, each to be counted and weighed."

3. "Language was a thing a person could invent."

What was the significance of Babbage's difference engine?

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