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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3ac8f71f0281d224,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-21 22:49:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Ada movie, was Computer History Museum, UPCOMING EVENTS X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <7arX9.657187$GR5.488058@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1043218179 12.234.13.56 (Wed, 22 Jan 2003 06:49:39 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 06:49:39 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 06:49:39 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33333 Date: 2003-01-22T06:49:39+00:00 List-Id: It was a rather good movie about Ada Augusta Lovelace. There were around 100 people pretty much filling the auditorium. One of the first questions was about the Ada language, and the response from the movie producer, unfortunately, was that he was told at U of Maryland that they don't currently teach Ada. So a little later I pointed out that since Babbage's original impetus for the Difference Engine was the bugginess of math tables, it was fitting that applications requiring high reliability are actively using the Ada language.