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		irrational on Sept 5, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does sorting in computer science mean ordering... This was my understanding as well. The tight machining tolerances required simply didn't exist in his time.

ddingus on Sept 5, 2018 | [–]

Given resources, they could potentially have made a machine to machine.

The ability was potentially there, but the need perhaps was not.

It would have required a generation dedicated to that one task.

frostburg on Sept 5, 2018 | [–]

It was likely possible with a lot of effort and extensive hand-fitting, just not economically at scale.

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