Philosophy is deeply rooted in the History of Computers starting with Leibniz and his concept of binary. Leibniz's dream imagines the Armchair Philosopher to be left alone with his thoughts while machines take care of all the other menial tasks required for daily living. George Boole gives us logical operators. Whitehead and Russell give us the Predicate Calculus which is the precursor for computer language and syntax. Lots of different electronic variations of the electronic computer came to fruition during post World War II like the Eniac, Harvard Mark and the UNIVAC. It wasn't until Alan Turing did the modern computer come into existence as we know it today. After that it was up to Linguistics, Scientists and Mathematicians from Rand, IBM and Bell Laboratories to spearhead this new industry.
Does the influence of Philosophy end there?
How much of a disadvantage do computer scientists have considering all the other sciences like civil engineering, chemistry, physics, etc are hundreds of years old?