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* Happy birthday, Lady Ada!
@ 2024-12-10 16:19 Dirk Craeynest
  2024-12-10 20:59 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
  2024-12-10 20:59 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dirk Craeynest @ 2024-12-10 16:19 UTC (permalink / raw)


2024/12/10: birthday of Lady Ada Lovelace, born in 1815,
namesake of the #AdaProgramming language.

Happy Programmers' Day!

#AdaEurope #AdaBelgium

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

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* Re: Happy birthday, Lady Ada!
  2024-12-10 16:19 Happy birthday, Lady Ada! Dirk Craeynest
@ 2024-12-10 20:59 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
  2024-12-10 20:59 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro @ 2024-12-10 20:59 UTC (permalink / raw)


On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:19:30 -0000 (UTC), Dirk Craeynest wrote:

> 2024/12/10: birthday of Lady Ada Lovelace, born in 1815,
> namesake of the #AdaProgramming language.

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.)

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* Re: Happy birthday, Lady Ada!
  2024-12-10 16:19 Happy birthday, Lady Ada! Dirk Craeynest
  2024-12-10 20:59 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
@ 2024-12-10 20:59 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
  2024-12-11 18:18   ` Dirk Craeynest
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro @ 2024-12-10 20:59 UTC (permalink / raw)


On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:19:30 -0000 (UTC), Dirk Craeynest wrote:

> 2024/12/10: birthday of Lady Ada Lovelace, born in 1815,
> namesake of the #AdaProgramming language.

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.)

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* Re: Happy birthday, Lady Ada!
  2024-12-10 20:59 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
@ 2024-12-11 18:18   ` Dirk Craeynest
  2024-12-11 19:36     ` Simon Wright
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dirk Craeynest @ 2024-12-11 18:18 UTC (permalink / raw)


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...)

Dirk

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* Re: Happy birthday, Lady Ada!
  2024-12-11 18:18   ` Dirk Craeynest
@ 2024-12-11 19:36     ` Simon Wright
  2024-12-11 22:24       ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Simon Wright @ 2024-12-11 19:36 UTC (permalink / raw)


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

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* Re: Happy birthday, Lady Ada!
  2024-12-11 19:36     ` Simon Wright
@ 2024-12-11 22:24       ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro @ 2024-12-11 22:24 UTC (permalink / raw)


On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:36:26 +0000, Simon Wright wrote:

> 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

For some reason, Ms Padua decided that “Difference Engine” was a nicer 
name for the machine that Babbage built in her version.

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