From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam@spam.com>
Subject: Re: Yet another operating system
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:55:16 GMT
Date: 2006-02-03T19:55:16+00:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <43e318f4$0$1164$5402220f@news.sunrise.ch>
Simon Felix wrote:
> and almost the last name of the evil guy in the movie "wild wild west"
Since this is cross posted to a non-Ada newsgroup, I'll explain that Augusta Ada
King, who wrote programs for the Analytical Engine and for whom the Ada language
is named, was the Countess of Lovelace. That's why the name shows up in
connection with Ada. You may also encounter references to Charles Babbage, who
invented the Analytical Engine; to 1815, the year Ada was born; to Byron, Ada's
father and maiden name, and to Augusta, Ada's first name.
--
Jeff Carter
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-30 10:53 Yet another operating system askliepios
2006-02-01 22:09 ` Eduardo Zambon
2006-02-02 9:37 ` askliepios
2006-02-02 21:01 ` Björn Persson
2006-02-03 8:48 ` Simon Felix
2006-02-03 19:55 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2006-02-03 9:02 ` askliepios
2006-02-03 15:17 ` Peter Hermann
2006-02-03 16:09 ` Alex R. Mosteo
2006-02-03 22:46 ` Maxim S. Shatskih
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2006-02-07 19:43 Nick Roberts
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