"Well, I guess I'm the trivia buff 'cuz I knew about Chuck Babbage and Ada Lovelace long ago. I have even celebrated Ada Lovelace Day (to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science) with geek girlfriends. Wikipedia says the 2011 Ada Lovelace Day will be 7 October (instead of March 24th for some reason). However, I am very confused as to why so many languages are needed. Is it a corporate secret kind of thing where companies only use one language to run their software? AK:)" - Alison Kinderfather