From: Anton Sherwood (dasher@netcom.com)
Date: Thu Mar 13 1997 - 22:22:30 MST
K.Aegis writes
: Also, according to three recent books on women inventors, it seems
: that the Countess of Lovelace (1812-1852) is more authoritatively being
: credited with inventing the first binary computer programming language.
: Because she wrote it for a computer invented by her husband Charles
: Babbage, and because of the laws of that time, all of her work would
: have been owned by her husband, and this led to some confusion as to
: the extent of her role.
I don't think Babbage ever married. Ada married the 8th baron King,
later created Earl of Lovelace. (No doubt his neighbors were relieved
not to have to call him Lord King anymore.)
Anton Sherwood *\\* +1 415 267 0685 *\\* DASher@netcom.com
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