From: JPWoodruff@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Ada Lovelace
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:49:15 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2007-12-11T10:49:15-08:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: 97ddc376-8bb6-4dd9-875d-7bc6b9a4e311@o6g2000hsd.googlegroups.com
On Dec 10, 2:10 pm, John McCormick <mccorm...@cs.uni.edu> wrote:
> On December 10, 1815, Anna Isabella (Annabella) Byron, whose husband
> was Lord Byron, gave birth to a daughter, Augusta Ada.
Thanks for posting birthday regards for our respected progenitor
> At one point, Ada wrote to him,
>
> "I am much annoyed at your having altered my Note. You know I am
> always willing to make any required alterations myself, but that I
> cannot endure another person to meddle with my sentences."
>
With this quote there can be *no* doubt that Ada was a programmer!
John W
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2007-12-10 21:10 Happy Birthday Ada Lovelace John McCormick
2007-12-11 18:49 ` JPWoodruff [this message]
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