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Path: ...!npeer.as286.net!npeer-ng0.as286.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of Ada Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 10:29:01 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: <1596645076.749153558.904388.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> References: <pan$96411$d204da43$cc34bb91$1fe98651@linux.rocks> <5mqdnZuGq4lgwm_7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vcub5c$36h63$1@dont-email.me> <36KdnVlGJu9VLW77nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <IfZIO.214180$FzW1.122138@fx14.iad> <ZLecncKpCfSfT2n7nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@earthlink.com> <ZOfJO.194439$kxD8.179224@fx11.iad> <nOWcncO0uZgZyWv7nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vd5kmh$kmvh$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 19:29:02 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="20ef474fa749b5cdf37421ef054a9b68"; logging-data="1426025"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18CbMmKYcPskNVzqIyOoFdX" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.3.1 (iPad) Cancel-Lock: sha1:g/L2/B4bUYYxlrxE98ehSGQJQms= sha1:BBZoISUkYxAnrjhUN/b2KHycrfo= Bytes: 2291 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:45:23 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > >> As for lady Ada ... > > She saw further than anybody else what software would be about. > > Now, imagine an alternate universe where she hadn’t died young. Imagine > that Charles Babbage hadn’t completely failed at building his Analytical > Engine. (Only it was called the “Difference Engine”, for some inexplicable > reason.) > > Now imagine that the two of them get together to fight crime... > > <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/> > Analytical Engine and Difference Engine were two different things, IIRC. I can’t keep them straight, but I believe one was partially completed and did useful work with (maybe) log tables. The other was built, or is being built, currently from the original plans. -- Pete