Seeing as it's a weekend... On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 23:02:46 +1000, Scott Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was bored tonight and decided to see if can lookup the first guy (assuming > it was a guy, as women weren't exactly 'workers' pre-50's)
Don't forget Ada Lovelace... who wrote the first computer program: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace This wikipedia page suggests: "there is some debate as to whether Lovelace understood deeply the concepts behind programming Babbage's engine, or was more of a figurehead used by Babbage for public relations purposes" ,,,however I've read other biographies which suggested that Charles Babbage was a theoretical genius with no real concept of practical applications of his work, and he would have been stuffed without Ada's assistance. At any rate, she's my heroine :) -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
