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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.236.38.36 with SMTP id z24mr3665303yha.8.1418216582808; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 05:03:02 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.37.104 with SMTP id q95mr779qgq.36.1418216582783; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 05:03:02 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!s7no5438225qap.1!news-out.google.com!r1ni49qat.1!nntp.google.com!s7no5438224qap.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 05:03:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.151.206.97; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.151.206.97 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Ada Lovelace From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:03:02 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23931 Date: 2014-12-10T05:03:02-08:00 List-Id: On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 12:33:09 PM UTC, Peter Chapin wrote: > On Wed, 10 Dec 2014, Dirk Craeynest wrote: >=20 > > 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. >=20 > Has anyone ever attempted to create a software simulation of the=20 > Analytical Engine? It would be great if we could actually execute the Lad= y=20 > Lovelace's programs, even if only in a virtualized machine. Why do I have= =20 > the feeling she would have appreciated the elegance of that? >=20 > Peter >=20 > P.S. Of course the Analytical Engine simulation should be written in=20 > Ada! Off the top of my head I would envisage a model of say 'n' nested loops tha= t simulate the gear ratios of the actual engine. I did view the engine pro= per (I think it may have been the original??)at the South Kensington Scienc= e Museum in London - about 20 years ago. Good luck with any venture. adacrypt