* Happy birthday, Lady Ada
@ 2020-12-10 3:00 AdaMagica
2020-12-10 10:08 ` Simon Wright
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From: AdaMagica @ 2020-12-10 3:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
Primeval times when Babbage dwelt:
not were bit nor byte
nor operating system,
not hardware below
nor above software,
abyss abundant,
but computer nowhere.
And lo, there was Ada,
and Ada separated the numbers
and split them,
in Zero and One did she split them.
Continuation see:
https://www.ada-deutschland.de/sites/default/files/AdaTourCD/AdaTourCD2004/Ada%20Magica/20.html
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* Re: Happy birthday, Lady Ada
2020-12-10 3:00 Happy birthday, Lady Ada AdaMagica
@ 2020-12-10 10:08 ` Simon Wright
2020-12-10 10:52 ` AdaMagica
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From: Simon Wright @ 2020-12-10 10:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
AdaMagica <christ-usch.grein@t-online.de> writes:
> in Zero and One did she split them.
The Analytical Engine ws a decimal machine
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* Re: Happy birthday, Lady Ada
2020-12-10 10:08 ` Simon Wright
@ 2020-12-10 10:52 ` AdaMagica
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From: AdaMagica @ 2020-12-10 10:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
Simon Wright schrieb am Donnerstag, 10. Dezember 2020 um 11:09:00 UTC+1:
> The Analytical Engine ws a decimal machine
That's OK.
I know Babbage's engine came before Zuse, C++ came after Ada.
But an ode need not be historically correct. Would you claim Edda is historically correct?
Ár var alda, þat er Ymir bygði,
Vara sandr né sær né svalar unnir;
iorð fannz æva né upphiminn,
gap var ginnunga, enn gras hvergi.
Translate this and it will give about the same as the first verse above.
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