From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Recent Additions to the "Who's Using Ada" Report
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 03:56:07 GMT
Date: 1993-03-22T03:56:07+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1993Mar22.035607.13790@seas.gwu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: C49rvn.n0A@nist.gov
In article <C49rvn.n0A@nist.gov> parker@bruce.nist.gov (Jonathan Parker) writes:
>>
>Funny, I was just reading a Scientific American article on Babbage's
>Analytical Engine (Feb. 1993, by Doron Swade). The programs that Ada
>wrote were meant to have been entered into the engine by Jacquard loom
>inspired punch cards.
>
Indeed. I had completely forgotten this. So we've gone through the
following progression:
Jacquard -> Babbage -> Ada -> Ada -> Jacquard
As I said, what goes around, comes around.
Cheers -
Mike
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1993-03-19 20:54 Recent Additions to the "Who's Using Ada" Report Michael Feldman
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