A Brief History of Women in Computing

Posted by mcone on Saturday August 12, 2017 @12:17PM
from the hackernoon.com dept.

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Re:A Brief History of Women in Computing by qengho on Saturday August 12, 2017 @03:02PM (#14999391)

Yeah so TIL that Ada Lovelace was NOT the first programmer.

That title belongs to Charles Babbage, who wrote dozens of programs for the Analytical Engine years before her.

So you can stop perpetuating the biggest lie in the history of computing any time now.

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Re:A Brief History of Women in Computing by cristiancavalli on Saturday August 12, 2017 @06:45PM (#15000451)

Read the section -- it's an ongoing debate not a fact either way. Academics and historians debating as usual.

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