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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,d3e350f535c8e93 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Received: by 10.224.111.140 with SMTP id s12mr12851428qap.5.1355177046877; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:04:06 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.49.128.166 with SMTP id np6mr981623qeb.31.1355177046851; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:04:06 -0800 (PST) Path: gf5ni48614495qab.0!nntp.google.com!fc2no1839qab.0!postnews.google.com!r14g2000vbd.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:04:06 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: r14g2000vbd.googlegroups.com; posting-host=87.209.50.192; posting-account=Od-2dQoAAAB0Ax1n9anxOF811WhPXsCz NNTP-Posting-Host: 87.209.50.192 References: <45b01edd-1a30-4827-9a9a-f380bf6476f9@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E),gzip(gfe) Message-ID: Subject: Re: Happy birthday Lady Ada - on Google! From: Hans Vlems Injection-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:04:06 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: 2012-12-10T14:04:06-08:00 List-Id: On 10 dec, 19:41, AdaMagica wrote: > 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. > > And there was Zuse, > and Zuse created the beast Z1, > which fed on the numbers > created by Ada, > and there was absolute joy among mankind. > > And mankind created languages > that they be able to command the creatures > which fed on the numbers, > and the numbers were commands > and the commands were numbers. > > And there rose two giants, > Fortran and Algol. > And the giants were fruitful and multiplied, > and sprang from them of languages countless many: > APL and PL/1, > Simula and Jovial, > Lisp and Cobol. > And Wirth created Pascal and Modula. > And there were Oberon and Occam and Eiffel, > C and C++, > Prolog and Smalltalk. > > And there was a great confusion among mankind, > and one man did not understand the other man's words, > and some did not understand their own words. > > And DoD spake: > "Let us restore concord among mankind > and create ONE language, > that all men speak the same language, > in the large as in the small." > > And there arose Strawman, > and Strawman begat Woodenman, > and Woodenman begat Tinman, > and Tinman begat Ironman. > Ironman however begat Steelman. > > And lo, from him emerged of colours four: > Red, Green, Yellow and Blue. > > And the colours were weighed and found wanting > except one. > > And ANSI spake to Green: > "Ada shalt be thy name henceforth > and servest all mankind > in the large as in the small." > > And DoD spake: > "Thou shalt not have another language beside Ada." > > And Ada shone in beauty, > and it was the day of the Lord > the 10th of December 1980. > > =A9 Copyright 2000 C.K.W. Grein Thanks, I hadn't come across this poem before. Hans