>From today's New York Times: "Alan Turing, the British mathematician regarded as one of the central figures in the development of the computer, received a formal pardon from Queen Elizabeth II on Monday for his conviction in 1952 on charges of homosexuality, at the time a criminal offense in Britain".
Turing (1912-1954), was in fact convicted of 'gross indecency', whatever that may be; and it is appropriate to have that conviction, which "dishonoured British Justice", expunged. His suicide at 42 nevertheless deprived computing of one of its seminal figures, and there is no making that loss good. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
