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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.