Re: why LINDA?

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2 total messages Started by Paul Chapman Tue, 06 Jun 1989 11:49

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Author: Paul Chapman
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1989 11:49

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This is a piece of computer humour (?), ADA is named after Ada Lovelace who
was an assistant or biographer or something of Charles Babbage. LINDA is
named after another Lovelace of more notorious fame, as in the old joke :

   Linda Lovelace eat your heart out - my Granny went down on the Titanic

I hope this solves your arguement!!

Paul Chapman
Dept Comp Sci, Bristol University, UK.

Re: why LINDA?

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Author: Les Milash
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1989 19:22

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In article <8906061249.aa24920@kukini.CompSci.Bristol.ac.uk> chapman@compsci.bristol.ac.uk (Paul Chapman) writes:
>[...] LINDA is named after another Lovelace of more notorious fame

that's funny!  can somebody out there tell us how NBI got it's name
(I heard it once but couldn't repeat it well)
.
you know i never wondered about this but now I Feel So Enriched.

what does this have to say about LINDA's ioio performance?

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