Comment on Happy birthday, Ada Lovelace — the first computer programmerparentComments−scarmig13ySeconded. Lovelace deserves some place in the history books, but her pre-eminence doesn't do those of us concerned with gender justice in computing any good.Grace Hopper, on the other hand, is a badass by any measure.−TeMPOraL13yRelevant:- http://blog.jgc.org/2011/09/lovelaces-leap.html- http://blog.jgc.org/2012/10/marie-curie-day.html−Surio13yGood one.HN discussion of this blog post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4902787
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Seconded. Lovelace deserves some place in the history books, but her pre-eminence doesn't do those of us concerned with gender justice in computing any good.
Grace Hopper, on the other hand, is a badass by any measure.
Relevant:
- http://blog.jgc.org/2011/09/lovelaces-leap.html
- http://blog.jgc.org/2012/10/marie-curie-day.html
Good one.
HN discussion of this blog post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4902787