"Michael A. Stone" wrote:
>
> > 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. ;-)
>
Her legacy lives on as the Department of Defense Language ADA bears her
name.
--
John Stewart
SUPSHIP San Diego
Information Systems Security Mgr
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