艾伦·图灵写给初恋的母亲的信

Alan Turing’s Letter to First Lover’s Mother

Dear Mrs. Morcom,

I want to say how sorry i am about Chris. 

During the last year I worked with him continually and i am sure I could not have found anywhere another companion so brilliant and yet so charming and unconceited. 

I regarded my interest in my work, and in such things as astronomy（to which heintroduced me）as something to e shared with him and i think he felt a little the same about me.

Although that interest is partly gone, I know I must put as much energy if not as much interest into my work as if he were alive, because that is what he would like me to do.

I feel sure that you could not possibly have had a greater loss.

yours sincerely,

Alan Turing.

信中的Chris是图灵的初恋男友。在两人相识不久后，Chris因结核病去世。出于对初恋的难以忘怀，图灵和其母亲保持了终生的联系。图灵曾说“我相信，我一定会在某个地方再次遇到他”。在电影《模仿游戏》里图灵把那部计算机命名为Christopher（Chris的全称）。