Back in 1993, I was taking a number theory class

Re:Back in 1993, I was taking a number theory class by WalterBright on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:44PM (#27041235)

When I started using the Wang, I did get a bit of ribbing for doing "women's work". I laughed at that, and it didn't happen again.

Heck, I'd been using a computer to write my papers in college (using DECUS' runoff program, similar to Unix's man formatting program).

I can't remember the last time I hand wrote more than a few words.

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Re:Back in 1993, I was taking a number theory class by seg_lol on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @04:30PM (#27042513)

I wonder how many of those women had to learn to code to fix the typos?

The level of structural sexism back then was off the charts, at least it was overt. Now we just tell people there is no glass ceiling and it must be their problem.

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Re:Back in 1993, I was taking a number theory class by WalterBright on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @04:51PM (#27042728)

The Wang didn't allow for any coding.

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Re:Back in 1993, I was taking a number theory class by seg_lol on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @09:14AM (#27049420)

Neither does paper.

I am wondering about error rates, human -> paper, paper -> file, file -> execution.

Those feedback loops are enormous. It would be interesting to interview woman from the computer code typing pool.

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