From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6b33334fefa27695 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jbg@sei.cmu.edu (John Goodenough) Subject: Re: Ada Lovelace Date: 1996/10/21 Message-ID: <54gpt3$ok6@news.sei.cmu.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 191028216 distribution: world references: organization: The Software Engineering Institute newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-10-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , 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