only never is too late

This apology has been long overdue, but only never would have been too late. Alan Turing's role in the development of the modern computer was enormous in and of itself, but we will never know just how the war to defeat German fascism in the 1940's would have ended without his work on Enigma, or how many lives were saved by his genius.

Treatment of Alan Turing was “appalling” - PM | Number10.gov.uk:

The Prime Minister has released a statement on the Second World War code-breaker, Alan Turing, recognising the ‘appalling’ way he was treated for being gay.

Alan Turing, a mathematician most famous for his work on breaking the German Enigma codes, was convicted of ‘gross indecency’ in 1952 and sentenced to chemical castration.

Gordon Brown’s statement came in response to a petition posted on the Number 10 website which has received thousands of signatures in recent months."