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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,669a55b97e33b430 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s22.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Happy Birthda Ada Lovelace References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.16.158.68 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s22 1228929489 173.16.158.68 (Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:18:09 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:18:09 GMT Organization: AT&T ASP.att.net Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:18:09 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2950 Date: 2008-12-10T17:18:09+00:00 List-Id: John McCormick wrote: > > Ada gained the title Countess of Lovelace when she married Lord > William Lovelace. The couple had three children, but Ada was so > consumed by her love of mathematics that she left their upbringing to > her mother. For a woman of that day, such behavior was considered > almost as scandalous as some of her father's exploits, but her husband > was actually quite supportive of her work. Actually, Ada married William King. It was when he became an earl through inheritance that she became a countess. -- Jeff Carter "Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love." Annie Hall 45