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by sdenton4 1965 days ago
Ha, and Ada the programming language is named after Ada the badass.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
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krylon 1965 days ago
I know, that is why I suggested the name. I would not have suggested she call her daughter COBOL or BASIC. (FORTRAN could make a cool name, though.)
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BerislavLopac 1965 days ago
Make sure she names her son Haskell.
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