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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newspeer1.nac.net!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:55:25 -0600 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:55:23 -0500 From: Peter Chapin X-X-Sender: pcc09070@WIL414CHAPIN.vtc.vsc.edu Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Ada Lovelace In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (CYG 23 2013-08-11) Organization: Vermont Technical College MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-SeSMKjImu1FvJziV7dt7HGlDqix4HuGyvtjaZLkCNBIph9KjgzZxCkOJcj1jWpPhPyqwa82mITG2Wcb!G8Qy0K8lvJqSKnLUnPa8xHpOtpuMgYISBdLmJDJbiun4ooyZpyDRwr6Ho6UrWxbqO3IPAHC8Wpif!REYBBno641JHPjL4RQ== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1811 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23944 Date: 2014-12-10T13:55:23-05:00 List-Id: On Wed, 10 Dec 2014, Austin Obyrne wrote: >> P.S. Of course the Analytical Engine simulation should be written in >> Ada! > > Off the top of my head I would envisage a model of say 'n' nested loops > that simulate the gear ratios of the actual engine. I did view the > engine proper (I think it may have been the original??)at the South > Kensington Science Museum in London - about 20 years ago. I think that was the Difference Engine, not the Analytical Engine. Peter