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On 2014-12-10 5:33 AM, Peter Chapin wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2014, Dirk Craeynest wrote:
>
>> Happy Birthday Ada Lovelace
>>
>> Today, December 10 2014, is the 199th birthday of Augusta Ada Byron,
>> aka Lady Ada Lovelace, recognised by many as the first programmer.
>>
>> The programming language Ada was named in her honor.
>
> Has anyone ever attempted to create a software simulation of the
> Analytical Engine? It would be great if we could actually execute the
> Lady Lovelace's programs, even if only in a virtualized machine. Why do
> I have the feeling she would have appreciated the elegance of that?

There is an online java applet you can try here....

https://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/applet.html

Brad