>>Her legacy lives on as the Department of Defense Language ADA bears her
name.
>
>And how unfortunate that is.
>
>The real-life person was someone who appreciated simplicity and elegance of
>design, and whose insights into programming problems were amazing.
>Contrast this with the ADA language, a gargantuan monstrosity that only
>a military bureaucrat could love.
>
>Perhaps in the future someone will favor the lady by naming something
>else -- far better designed and implemented, I should hope -- after her.
Well, Grace Hopper got a Navy ship named after her. Rather big one, too.
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