雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(94)
In the spring of 1947, while Darwin applied the higher realms of his thought to solving the problem of Alan Turing, incoherent initiatives were taken by more impatient people on the lower rungs of the promotion scale.
One of these was Harry Huskey, who was very eager to see a start made on building a computer before his year was out.
這其中之一就是哈斯基，他非常急於在這一年內看到實際成果。He admired the general form of the ACE design, but believed that the best plan would be to construct a small delay line machine 'on a plan which is a compromise between the NPL and the Moore School plans.'
他大體上欣賞ACE的設計，但他認爲最好的計劃，是把這份設計與莫爾學院的設計結合起來，以便儘快造出一個小型的延遲線機器。
Relations between Alan and Huskey had been cool from the start, but they deteriorated when one day in the spring, Alan went into Mike Woodger's room to find him engaged upon writing a program headed 'Version H'.
哈斯基與圖靈的關係從一開始就非常僵，但從這個時候起，他們的關係更加嚴重地惡化了。圖靈有一次去麥克·伍格的房間，發現他正在編"第八版"程序，This was in fact an adaptation by Huskey of the Version V of the ACE, trimmed to include only the barest minimum of apparatus required to do a useful job, which was defined as the solution of eight simultaneous equations.
這是哈斯基搞出來的，實際上是對圖靈的第五版設計進行了一些刪改，改到只剩下最少的設備，機器只能做一件事，即解八元方程注。Though generally consistent with the ACE design philosophy, such a departure necessarily subverted Alan's control of the project.
雖然這與圖靈的設計哲學是一致的，但是這樣的修改，對於奪取圖靈的主導權來說，是非常有必要的。If Huskey's project failed, it would be a waste of time, and if it succeeded, it would lead to a marked change of plan.
如果哈斯基失敗了，他只是浪費一些時間，但如果他成功了，就會導致整個項目發生轉折式的變化。Naturally, Alan boycotted the development. Somehow Harry Huskey managed to scrape together enough equipment to make a start.
圖靈當然對此表示反對，但哈斯基卻東拼西湊地搞到了足夠的設備，His official role was 'on the apparatus side', and he was better at the form-filling;
他的正式職務就是"負責設備"，而且他非常擅長填表之類的事。furthermore he did not need to think in terms of building the grand ACE installation, but only in terms of an experimental set-up.
而且，哈斯基與圖靈不同，他不需要關心ACE的全局性問題，他只需要拼盡全力地對付這個小實驗。Jim Wilkinson and Mike Woodger joined in. Life in the Mathematics Division became very complicated, but they did learn something about electronics for the first time.
威爾金森與麥克·伍格加入了他，數學部門的人事關係開始變得複雜了。
