The apollo guidance computer actually used a sophisticated software interpreter for most of its code. Not just a "computational loop with no branches" http://e

The apollo guidance computer actually used a sophisticated software interpreter for most of its code. Not just a "computational loop with no branches" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer#Software http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer#Softwa... In addition, there is no way in hell that the control algorithms it was using could have been developed without the use of computers. State-space control theory was specifically developed to take advantage of discrete-time control systems. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ApolloDescentGuidnce.pdf https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ApolloDescentGuidnce.pdf