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Article #99662Re: Female Computer Pioneers - May 7
From: genew@shuswap.ne
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 03:00
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 03:00
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"J G Llasa" <llasa@plastic.screaming.net> wrote: >All these women pioneered nothing. Ada Lovelace was arguably the world's first programmer. I brought up Admiral Hopper as an exemplar. She came up with the concept of the compiler and was responsible for much of the basis for COBOL. >No change there then. I think you've missed something. [snipped previous] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation: I have preferences. You have biases. He/She has prejudices.
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