At 01:41 PM 10/21/98 -0500, Michael A. Stone so eloquently stated:
>> 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. ;-)
>
The names sound like they came from an X-rated novel <g>. His
machine was affectionately known as "Babbages Folly"
George
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