One of the most influential figures in entire history of computing is the one and only Charles Babbage. This gentlemen was born on December 26 in 1791. Charles Babbage is considered to be "The father of computing", because of all his time invested into making mechanisms that can compute. And due to his inventions and designs that stated off the age of computing. Charles Babbage was a very well known mathematician, philosopher, and inventor. Throughout his life he managed to produce some of the most influential thoughts, ideas, and processes to help create the initial spark for the computing age. Without his work, it would be hard to imagine where we would be today. With out Charles Babbage's work, as a society we would be a lot farther back in the development of computers and as a civilization we would be held back and wouldn't be able to accomplish what we have to date. If I personally had the first hand experience of meeting with Charles Babbage and given the opportunity to ask him anything, I would ask him with the development of the technology we have now, did he ever expect it to take the path it did? The main reason why I would want to see what his reaction would be and what he would reply with. Because since he is considered to be "The father of computing" I want to know how he feels about his "baby" being all grown up. And doing things that he himself couldn't even imagine it ever accomplishing. Another question I would ask Charles Babbage is if he could go back and get the amount of funding needed to finish his difference engine and be given enough time to complete the analytical engine, would he do it? I would assume him being a renown inventor it must be hard to give up on a project due to poor funding, so if he was given the chance to go back and recreate it. Would he do it? Or could it possibly be too much work and such a painstaking process that he just completely abandons it. If I was put in his position and the question was presented to me, I would easily go back and fix it and finally bring it to life. And I hope that he would do so himself. In his eighty years of life Charles Babbage accomplished so much. And with out him our civilization wouldn't be where it is today. He truly is "The father of computing".
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