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* [COFF] Happy birthday, Ada Lovelace and JFO!
@ 2020-12-09 20:13 dave
  2020-12-09 23:38 ` grog
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From: dave @ 2020-12-09 20:13 UTC (permalink / raw)


Sorta relevant to both groups...

Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (and daughter of Lord Byron), 
was born on this day in 1815; arguably the world's first computer 
programmer and a highly independent woman, she saw the potential in 
Charles Babbage's new-fangled invention.

J.F.Ossanna was given unto us on this day in 1928; a prolific programmer, 
he not only had a hand in developing Unix but also gave us the ROFF 
series.

Who'ld've thought that two computer greats would share the same birthday?

-- Dave


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* [COFF] Happy birthday, Ada Lovelace and JFO!
@ 2019-12-09 20:50 dave
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From: dave @ 2019-12-09 20:50 UTC (permalink / raw)


Bit hard to classify this one; separate posts since COFF was created?

Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (and daughter of Lord Byron), was 
born on this day in 1815; arguably the world's first computer programmer and a 
highly independent woman, she saw the potential in Charles Babbage's 
new-fangled invention.

J.F.Ossanna was given unto us on this day in 1928; a prolific programmer, he 
not only had a hand in developing Unix but also gave us the ROFF series.

Who'ld've thought that two computer greats would share the same birthday?

-- Dave


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