The Queen Of Code

[Ralph Wallio, W0RPK]

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-queen-of-code/

The Queen Of Code

By Allison McCann

You probably don't know the name Grace Hopper, but you should.

As a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, Hopper worked on the first computer, 
the Harvard Mark 1. And she headed the team that created the first 
compiler, which led to the creation of COBOL, a programming language 
that by the year 2000 accounted for 70 percent of all actively used 
code. Passing away in 1992, she left behind an inimitable legacy as a 
brilliant programmer and pioneering woman in male-dominated fields.

Hopper's story is told in "The Queen of Code," directed by Gillian 
Jacobs (of "Community" fame). It's the latest film in FiveThirtyEight's 
"Signals" series.

TNX es 73 de Ralph Wallio, W0RPK

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