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,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: zarathustra@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Zarathustra Group") Subject: Ada Lovelace Date: 1996/10/21 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 191003802 organization: Compulink Information eXchange x-news-software: Ameol newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-10-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Sorry to bring this up here but I didn't know where else to try. 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. Being mainly architectural historians they know of the Ada language but seem to think its of minor importance and only used in the US and so I've also been asked for an assessment of how wide its usage is. All I know is I use it and have done for a few years but perhaps somebody could give me a more accurate description. In addition somebody at EH has a view that their is another language named after her. I must admit, this one has me stumped. All help gratefully accepted, either here or if the moderators think it is totally off topic via e-mail TIA peter d jackson