> Who said there were no women in the industry in the "old days"? ;)
if you want the *really* old days, look into the history of Ada Lovelace.
she was the daughter of Lord Byron, and a friend of Charles Babbage.
Babbage's difference engine was the first programmable calculating machine,
and Ada is widely recognized as the world's first programmer.
that's not a statement of charity, either. Babbage's designs were highly
modular, and with the exception of being a mechanical system rather than an
electrical one, dealt with almost all the major design issues of today's
computers.. to the point of bulk storage and an external printer. that's
what made it such an innovation. the issues Ada Lovelace had to deal with
were very much the same as the ones which face programmers today. and she
did it all without the luxury of an O'Reilley's manual. ;-)
mike stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'net geek..
been there, done that, have network, will travel.
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