[Nathan Zachary]

Code breaking and writing a test for machines doesn’t translate to “father of computer science”.
And buggery laws were and still are sound laws that should be prosecuted. In fact Obama will probably put them back on the books in the name of socialised health care. Self inflicted anal wounds and diseases are costly to the system.

[TomOnTheRun]

Code breaking and writing a test for machines doesn’t translate to “father of computer science”.

He presented a paper on 19 February 1946, which was the first detailed design of a stored-program computer. The first working model was built from his plans. He also developed the first organized theory of digital computing. Turing machines are - to this day - the central object of study in theory of computation. Things like those - and other contributions - are why he is the father of modern computation.

[devere]

“Code breaking and writing a test for machines doesn’t translate to “father of computer science”.”

Alan M. Turing was in fact one of the primary founders of computer science.

The Association for Computing Machinery since 1966 has awarded the A. M. Turing Award:
“ACM’s most prestigious technical award is accompanied by a prize of $250,000. It is given to an individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community. The contributions should be of lasting and major technical importance to the computer field.”

http://awards.acm.org/homepage.cfm?srt=all&awd=140

[antiRepublicrat]

Code breaking and writing a test for machines doesn’t translate to “father of computer science”.

He didn't just write a test, he was a pioneer in computational theory, especially the stored-program computer. He didn't just break individual codes, he created the theories and techniques that allowed complex codebreaking in general.

And buggery laws were and still are sound laws that should be prosecuted.

At the expense of the advancement of the country? I wonder how things would have been had Turning been outed in 1938, most likely leaving Enigma unbroken. Computers would surely be years behind where they are now. Talk about cutting off the nose to spite the face.