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Ada Lovelace credited with first computer programming language; wrote an algorithm for the Analytical Engine (early mechanical computer) This is often credited
by epenn 13y ago
Ada Lovelace credited with first computer programming language; wrote an algorithm for the Analytical Engine (early mechanical computer)
This is often credited as the first computer program ever written and by extension she is often credited as the first computer programmer. Those are great things and accurate as far as I know, but I think saying that she created the first programming language is a bit disingenuous.
- kibwen 13y agoHere's the algorithm she described: http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/sketch.html#NoteG http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/sketch.html#NoteG Seems to resemble a mathematical proof more than anything, but perhaps this just means that mathematics was the first programming language. :) EDIT: Actually, in Note E she appears to introduce a custom notation for the machine. Perhaps this is what the article was referencing.