From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday, Ada!
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:14:38 -0700
Date: 2015-12-10T11:14:38-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <n4cf9q$eah$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <n4ce11$a1q$1@dont-email.me>
On 12/10/2015 10:50 AM, Dirk Craeynest wrote:
> In article <n4cdc8$598$1@dont-email.me>,
> Jeffrey R. Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> wrote:
>> Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace.
>>
>> Usually someone further east beats me to this, but they've fallen down on the
>> job today.
>
> We're too busy celebrating! ;-)
You shouldn't celebrate so much you fall down.
Today is also the 35th anniversary of the Ada programming language, MIL-STD 1815
(Ada 80), presented by Ichbiah, Barnes, and Firth at the Ada Launch.
--
Jeff Carter
"This trial is a travesty. It's a travesty of a mockery of a
sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham. ...
Do you realize there's not a single homosexual on that jury?"
Bananas
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2015-12-10 17:41 Happy Birthday, Ada! Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-12-10 17:50 ` Dirk Craeynest
2015-12-10 18:14 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2015-12-10 23:48 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-12-10 18:15 ` Simon Wright
2015-12-10 18:28 ` Anh Vo
2015-12-10 18:49 ` David Botton
2015-12-10 19:22 ` Britt
2015-12-10 20:04 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-12-10 23:50 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-12-11 0:47 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-12-11 7:51 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-12-11 18:11 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-12-11 21:12 ` Randy Brukardt
2015-12-12 10:19 ` J-P. Rosen
2015-12-10 20:53 ` David Botton
2015-12-11 10:47 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
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2022-12-10 10:35 Jeffrey R.Carter
2022-12-10 11:31 ` AdaMagica
2022-12-17 11:47 ` Randy Brukardt
2022-12-18 12:35 ` AdaMagica
2021-12-10 9:37 Jeffrey R.Carter
2021-12-10 11:30 ` Luke A. Guest
2021-12-10 12:36 ` Jeffrey R.Carter
2021-12-10 14:23 ` AdaMagica
2021-12-11 5:28 ` Randy Brukardt
2017-12-10 9:51 Jeffrey R. Carter
2017-12-10 12:16 ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2017-12-10 21:05 ` AdaMagica
2017-12-10 21:37 ` Simon Wright
2016-12-10 15:37 Jeffrey R. Carter
2013-12-10 16:46 Jeffrey Carter
2013-12-10 21:54 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-12-10 23:02 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-12-12 3:14 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-12-12 8:58 ` Stefan.Lucks
2013-12-12 10:01 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-12-13 5:35 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-12-11 12:45 ` Britt
2013-12-12 3:17 ` Randy Brukardt
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