Now, the reason they used punch cards was that Jacquard, in France, had created the Jacquard loom, which was weaving these incredible patterns controlled by punch cards, so he was just repurposing the technology of the day, and like everything else he did, he's using the technology of his era, so 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, cogs, steam, mechanical devices. Ironically, born the same year as Charles Babbage was Michael Faraday, who would completely revolutionize everything
Motivul pentru care utilizau cartele perforate era că Jacquard, în Franţa, crease războiul de ţesut mecanic care ţesea modele incredibile controlate de cartele perforate, aşa că el doar a reconvertit tehnologia disponibilă, şi ca orice a făcut, a utilizat tehnologia de epocă, roţi dinţate, abur, dispozitive mecanice din 1830, 1840, 1850. Întâmplător, în acelaşi an cu Charles Babbage, s-a născut Michael Faraday, care avea să revoluţioneze complet totul