Christie Mason wrote:
>
> Wasn't there also an Admiral Grace who helped coin the phrase "bug" after
> one of their programs (vacuum tube days) wouldn't run and they found a real
> bug in the system that was shorting out the connection which lead to
> "debugging"?
>
> Christie
>
<<SNIP>>
The correct title is Commodore an dthat would be Grace Hooper. The
"bug" incident was finding a moth that was trapped between some relay
contacts.
She was also instramental behind the development of COBOL.
--
John Stewart
SUPSHIP San Diego
Information Systems Security Mgr
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