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While I agree with you, I'm not sure what youth has to do with being a pioneer or not.
by wilg 8y ago
While I agree with you, I'm not sure what youth has to do with being a pioneer or not.
- rrauenza 8y agoI suspect it has less to do with the age of the pioneer, but rather with the perception/opinion of what decade the pioneering happened.
- marcosdumay 8y agoSoftware pioneering happened at the late 50's to the early 70's. Does the guy look like he was an adult at the early 70's?
- wilg 8y agoOh, this is a specific definition I've never heard of. Is that common? Some quick Googling suggests that people use the term "pioneer" in relation to computer science in a broader sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pioneers_in_computer_science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pioneers_in_computer_s... (spans 500 BC to 2011 AD) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Pioneer_Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Pioneer_Award (awarded each year)