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Re:Two women programmers played a pivotal role in the birth ... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @10:49PM (#19977297)
I don’t think this is accurate.

The mathematicians/engineers were more like architects, and the women programmers weren’t merely compilers or input technicians. They actually wrote code, though this was also considered a drudge task back then (a view that was corrected later). Also, proximity to the hardware allowed many to grow out of their original job descriptions.

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