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On Wed, 10 Dec 2014, Dirk Craeynest wrote:

> Happy Birthday Ada Lovelace
>
> Today, December 10 2014, is the 199th birthday of Augusta Ada Byron,
> aka Lady Ada Lovelace, recognised by many as the first programmer.
>
> The programming language Ada was named in her honor.

Has anyone ever attempted to create a software simulation of the 
Analytical Engine? It would be great if we could actually execute the Lady 
Lovelace's programs, even if only in a virtualized machine. Why do I have 
the feeling she would have appreciated the elegance of that?

Peter

P.S. Of course the Analytical Engine simulation should be written in 
Ada!