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* [COFF] In memoriam: Ada Lovelace
@ 2019-11-27  4:22 dave
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From: dave @ 2019-11-27  4:22 UTC (permalink / raw)


Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace, was lost to us in 1852 from 
uterine cancer.  Regarded as the first computer programmer and a mathematical 
prodigy (when such things were unseemly for a mere woman), she was the daughter 
of Lord Byron, and a friend of Charles Babbage.

-- Dave


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* [COFF] In memoriam: Ada Lovelace
@ 2018-11-26 21:01 dave
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From: dave @ 2018-11-26 21:01 UTC (permalink / raw)


Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace, was lost to us in 1852 from 
uterine cancer.  Regarded as the first computer programmer and a 
mathematical prodigy (when such things were unseemly for a mere woman), 
she was the daughter of Lord Byron, and a friend of Charles Babbage.

-- Dave


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