Re: List Containers - The Road Ahead

["Nick Roberts" <nickroberts@adaos.worldonline.co.uk>]

From a newsletter to the AdaOS group when we were still choosing our name:

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Byron had two daughters other than Ada (all three by different mothers).
Ada's half sisters were Allegra and Medora. Allegra was the daughter of
Claire Clairmont; sadly, she died of Typhus at the age of five. I have
not been able to obtain any information about Medora.

Ada's formidable, devoted, and intelligent mother was Annabella
(actually Anne Isabella), nee Milbanke, who separated from Byron shortly
after Ada's birth, and brought up Ada on her own in England. Annabella
can be credited with supporting Ada's interest in mathematics. In the
1850's in England, this was a brave stance; Annabella must have been as
remarkable a woman, in her day, as her daughter.

So, three more possible names: Annabella (suggested to me by Steve
Doran, thanks Steve); Allegra; Medora. Byron originally wanted Allegra
to be called Alba (but Claire insisted on Allegra), so Alba is a fourth
possibility.

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Any of these, possibly?

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Best wishes,
Nick Roberts


"Ted Dennison" <dennison@telepath.com> wrote in message
news:Uz2H7.19771$xS6.32425@www.newsranger.com...
> In article <3BECA762.2FC62F71@acm.org>, Jeffrey Carter says...
> >
> >Ted Dennison wrote:
> >>
> >> I notice that Java add-ons like to expand on the caffinated hot
bevarage
> >> theme. Perhaps we should try to make all Ada add-ons palindromes? :-)
> >
> >Ah, the Ada Community Effort Container ADTs.
>
> I was thinking more along the lines of palendromic words or names than
acronyms.
> Making a palindrome with an acronym is almost cheating. However, this is
> interesting.
>
> Perhaps a more serious consideration for a "standard theme" for Ada add-on
names
> would be names of famous women (preferably in science). But that's perhaps
> another thread...