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Article #99840Re: Female Computer Pioneers - May 7
From: genew@shuswap.ne
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 00:40
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 00:40
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bill_h <bill_h@azstarnet.com> wrote:
>Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>
>> "J G Llasa" <llasa@plastic.screaming.net> wrote:
>>
>> >All these women pioneered nothing.
>>
>> Ada Lovelace was arguably the world's first programmer.
>
>Not even close. The astronomical calculators of the ancients
>(Egyptians, Druids, etc) preceeded by many centuries ......
They were mathematicians, but programmers? I don't think so.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences.
You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.
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