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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Recent Additions to the "Who's Using Ada" Report
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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