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dirk@orka.cs.kuleuven.be. (Dirk Craeynest) writes:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>Came across this comic strip <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/> some 
>>years ago: a contrafactual imagining of the adventures of Lovelace and 
>>Babbage, getting together to fight crime.
>>("Crime" being, in Babbage's case, music, and in Lovelace's
>>case, poetry.)
>
> Some of the CLA regulars might remember that comic strip.  It was
> mentioned on several occasions here: my CLA archive has postings in
> 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2023.
>
> Recommended! (I have the book...)

I have the first edition ... really good.

For interest, https://github.com/simonjwright/analytical-engine