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Happy birthday, Lady Ada!
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Dirk Craeynest
2024-12-10 16:19:30 UTC
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2024/12/10: birthday of Lady Ada Lovelace, born in 1815,
namesake of the #AdaProgramming language.

Happy Programmers' Day!

#AdaEurope #AdaBelgium

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-12-10 20:59:06 UTC
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Post by Dirk Craeynest
2024/12/10: birthday of Lady Ada Lovelace, born in 1815,
namesake of the #AdaProgramming language.
Came across this comic strip <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/> some
years ago: a contrafactual imagining of the adventures of Lovelace and
Babbage, getting together to fight crime.

(“Crime” being, in Babbage’s case, music, and in Lovelace’s case, poetry.)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-12-10 20:59:36 UTC
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Post by Dirk Craeynest
2024/12/10: birthday of Lady Ada Lovelace, born in 1815,
namesake of the #AdaProgramming language.
Came across this comic strip <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/> some
years ago: a contrafactual imagining of the adventures of Lovelace and
Babbage, getting together to fight crime.

(“Crime” being, in Babbage’s case, music, and in Lovelace’s case, poetry.)
Dirk Craeynest
2024-12-11 18:18:57 UTC
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Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Came across this comic strip <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/> some
years ago: a contrafactual imagining of the adventures of Lovelace and
Babbage, getting together to fight crime.
("Crime" being, in Babbage's case, music, and in Lovelace's
case, poetry.)
Some of the CLA regulars might remember that comic strip. It was
mentioned on several occasions here: my CLA archive has postings in
2009, 2011, 2014, and 2023.

Recommended! (I have the book...)

Dirk
Simon Wright
2024-12-11 19:36:26 UTC
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Post by Dirk Craeynest
Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Came across this comic strip <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/> some
years ago: a contrafactual imagining of the adventures of Lovelace and
Babbage, getting together to fight crime.
("Crime" being, in Babbage's case, music, and in Lovelace's
case, poetry.)
Some of the CLA regulars might remember that comic strip. It was
mentioned on several occasions here: my CLA archive has postings in
2009, 2011, 2014, and 2023.
Recommended! (I have the book...)
I have the first edition ... really good.

For interest, https://github.com/simonjwright/analytical-engine
Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-12-11 22:24:06 UTC
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Post by Simon Wright
Post by Dirk Craeynest
Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Came across this comic strip <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/>
some years ago: a contrafactual imagining of the adventures of
Lovelace and Babbage, getting together to fight crime.
("Crime" being, in Babbage's case, music, and in Lovelace's case,
poetry.)
Some of the CLA regulars might remember that comic strip. It was
mentioned on several occasions here: my CLA archive has postings in
2009, 2011, 2014, and 2023.
Recommended! (I have the book...)
I have the first edition ... really good.
For interest, https://github.com/simonjwright/analytical-engine
For some reason, Ms Padua decided that “Difference Engine” was a nicer
name for the machine that Babbage built in her version.

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