Not to mention Grace Hopper who is credited with the creation and widespread adoption of COBOL in the 50's. COBOL was the first English language-like compiled language.
Regards: Ayudh +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | SOAP is the glue! Hook up your server directly to your bank. | | Connect to VeriPay xServ, the Australian Payments Web Service. | | Reliable, Secure, FAST: http://www.xilo.com/xserv | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Smoljak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CFAussie Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 12:01 AM Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Methodologies > 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/ --- 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/
