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From: Mart van de Wege <mvdwege@mail.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada's birthday
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:06:36 +0100
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AdaMagica <christoph.grein@eurocopter.com> writes:

>    Congratulation
>       on Your
> 195th/30th Birthday,
>      Lady Ada
>
> Primeval times when Babbage dwelt:
> not were bit nor byte

I would think that

  'neither bit nor byte'

would scan a little better. 'Not were' sounds a bit weird to my
ears. Then again, I'm not a native speaker, however good my English may
be.

> nor operating system,
> not hardware below
> nor above software,
> abyss abundant,
> but computer nowhere.

Mart

-- 
"We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes."
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