If Turing hadn't committed suicide, what would have changed in computer science?

3 points by dimitrideag ↗ HN

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(NB: It's actually not conclusive that he committed suicide.)

We have have a lot of great minds who are still alive and who are still doing some of the more impressive research in Computer Science -- and they are universally (essentially) ignored. It's sad to say, but I'm not convinced Alan Turing would have met a much better fate.