From: Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>
Subject: Re: Ada died ...
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:50:12 -0500
Date: 2002-11-27T09:50:12-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1038408613.472803@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cbdd91ae.0211270341.789f07f6@posting.google.com>
Bernd Trog wrote:
> She was lucky, she had never, ever seen languages like C++ ;-)
According to <http://www.math.wichita.edu/history/women/ada.html>,
she and Babbage devised a "fool-proof" method for betting on horses,
and as a result she was plunged deeply in debt.
So like in other aspects of the computer biz, I guess she was also
the first to have a spectacular project failure :-)
Oh, and her work was on the Analytical Engine, a system that never
saw any wide use. Almost prescient naming, wans't it? :-)
I'll duck the brickbats now...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-27 14:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-27 11:41 Ada died Bernd Trog
2002-11-27 13:56 ` Peter Hermann
2002-11-27 14:50 ` Hyman Rosen [this message]
2002-11-27 15:02 ` Preben Randhol
2002-11-27 15:40 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-11-28 13:47 ` Preben Randhol
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