Re: Ada vs ADA

[Jeff Carter <jrcarter@acm.org>]

ANTHONY GAIR wrote:
> 
> I heard Ada was named after a certain niece of Charles Babbage ( a guy who made
> a serious attempt to invent a computer in the last century without electricity,
> and very nearly did it !).

No, she was the only legitimate daughter of Lord Byron, the poet. She
worked with Babbage on ways to program his analytical engine, but was
not related to him.

> 
> Did she really have her entire first name in capitals?

1. No, she didn't.

2. Ada is her middle name. Her first name was Augusta, after Byron's
half sister. When Ada's mother found out Byron had had an affair with
his half sister, she refused to call the child Augusta.

> 
> I'll start writing Ada like ADA if the USA promises to learn to talk and spell
> properly...

That's not what we want. We want you to write "Ada", not "ADA" as in

> Are ADA and linux a good combination ?:-

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Jeff Carter
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