Re: Happy birthday, Lady Ada!

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.