From: jbg@sei.cmu.edu (John Goodenough)
Subject: Re: Ada Lovelace
Date: 1996/10/21
Date: 1996-10-21T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54gpt3$ok6@news.sei.cmu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Dzn2y9.858@cix.compulink.co.uk
In article <Dzn2y9.858@cix.compulink.co.uk>, zarathustra@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Zarathustra Group") writes:
|> I've been asked by my wife, who is with English Heritage (the
|> organisation which looks after historic buildings and ancient monuments
|> in England) for as much detail as I cab provide on the life and work of
|> Ada Lovelace herself. They (EH) are preparing a paper for the Lotteries
|> Commission on the church which holds a monument to her and wish to make
|> the best possible case they can to repair the monument and bring it to
|> the notice of the widest possible audience.
|> [snip]
|>
|> In addition somebody at EH has a view that their is another language
|> named after her. I must admit, this one has me stumped.
It's true that the language Linda is named after a Lovelace, but this an
entirely unrelated Lovelace, albeit also one of only historical interest
now. :-)
John B. Goodenough Goodenough@sei.cmu.edu
Software Engineering Institute 412-268-6391
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1996-10-21 0:00 Ada Lovelace "Zarathustra Group"
1996-10-21 0:00 ` John Goodenough [this message]
1996-10-22 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey
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1996-10-22 0:00 tmoran
1996-10-24 0:00 Bob Mathis
1996-10-29 0:00 ` Chris Brand
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