The idea that there is such a thing as analogue computation is a classic oxymoron. The logic of the digital is computation and vice versa. (Now let's see how quickly this thread devolves.)
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It's fair to say that it's a sort of retroactive projection, but haven't you then implicitly defined computation in terms of digitality? For most of its history, the terms computation and computer primarily referred 2 analogue processes So it's a question of pick yer definition
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It's like saying that the early theory of osmotic exchange was there. Yes, but it was just too broad to have any scientific significance. Only when it was formulated under theories of molar concentration, osmotic pressure, etc it became an actual scientific topic ...
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