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That doesn't align with most accounts of how computing was performed in the 50's and 60's. For instance, Knuth was seen as an anomaly because he would operate
by 908B64B197 5y ago
That doesn't align with most accounts of how computing was performed in the 50's and 60's.
For instance, Knuth was seen as an anomaly because he would operate the keypunch as fast as the secretaries and would keypunch his own programs.
- mcguire 5y agoProgrammers aren't and weren't keypunch operators. Or secretaries.
- 908B64B197 5y agoNo, they would have been known as "computer operators" and still been counted in the "computer related occupations" bucket.
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