Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Eager Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: The joy of Ada Date: 4 Oct 2024 15:48:04 GMT Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <5mqdnZuGq4lgwm_7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <36KdnVlGJu9VLW77nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net J/bktzhUlL49gLdF2lRyAw6vvq6uihfZIc5+J7SMbAPM92eYXu Cancel-Lock: sha1:czxIo22Aga6WPRb5HIYR6Oj0L9s= sha256:RfTbH9aMj+fcuc+yDX5dg/OtEgNWQt9pWWcd+p43P0k= User-Agent: Pan/0.145 (Duplicitous mercenary valetism; d7e168a git.gnome.org/pan2) Bytes: 2230 On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:26:08 -0600, Louis Krupp wrote: >>   Babbage really was a gifted engineer and maths guy, he had enough >>   rep to get the govt to front him rather a lot of money to build the >>   difference engine. >> >>   Apparently costs-analysis was NOT one of his best skills alas. The >>   machine is devilishly complicated and was at the cutting edge of >>   mechanical techniques and precision at that time. >> >>   I think some MIT people finally *built* one, or a substantial part >>   of one. I've seen a vid, all the brass clockwork is hypnotic to >>   watch. The Science Museum in London, UK built one (well, two). https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/charles-babbages- difference-engines-and-science-museum > There's this: https://blog.plan28.org/ That's the UK plan to build the Analytical Engine. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org