From: Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>
Subject: Re: Ada died ...
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 15:02:11 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2002-11-27T15:02:11+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnau9njc.2e9.randhol+news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1038408613.472803@master.nyc.kbcfp.com
Hyman Rosen wrote:
> Oh, and her work was on the Analytical Engine, a system that never
> saw any wide use.
So what? Please tell me a scientific field where the first work was a
big success and widly use.
> I'll duck the brickbats now...
Better to use the bricks to build something better, one brick at the
time.
Some choose to use a poor foundation though, like C++. Perhaps you
should duck from those falling bricks?
--
Preben Randhol ------------------------ http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ --
�1984 is soon coming to a computer near you.�
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-27 11:41 Ada died Bernd Trog
2002-11-27 13:56 ` Peter Hermann
2002-11-27 14:50 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-11-27 15:02 ` Preben Randhol [this message]
2002-11-27 15:40 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-11-28 13:47 ` Preben Randhol
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