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This happens with Lovelace too. As far as I'm aware she has no influence on modern computing, which has always slightly confused me because she is often raised
by mhh__ 5y ago
This happens with Lovelace too.
As far as I'm aware she has no influence on modern computing, which has always slightly confused me because she is often raised in campaigns as a "girls can program too!"-type figure when there are lots of other women who's work is used everyday e.g. Frances Allen was one of the first to really lay down the fundamentals of optimizing compilers
- dTal 5y agoLovelace gets a lot of attention because she grasped the cultural implications of computers approximately a century ahead of anyone else. She was also the first person in history to get bitten by the programming bug. As an inspirational figure, her practical day-to-day relevance is immaterial.