▲ 130 ▼ TIL that the first computer programmer was a woman. Her name was Ada Lovelace. (www.britannica.com) submitted 3 years ago by original_reader@lemmy.ml to c/til@lemmy.world 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] _TheNardDog_@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I was not Dave permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dave@feddit.uk 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Long shot. I also learnt Ada. York’s justification was that “nobody would know it already, so nobody’s got an advantage” :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] _TheNardDog_@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago Our justification was that Ratheon and Lockheed Martin held recruitment seminars and actively wanted this language to programme their avionics and guidance systems. I learnt it but then did my industrial placement with the Red Cross working out ways to map land mine fields autonomously, because fuck the war machine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dave@feddit.uk 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Long shot. I also learnt Ada. York’s justification was that “nobody would know it already, so nobody’s got an advantage” :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] _TheNardDog_@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago Our justification was that Ratheon and Lockheed Martin held recruitment seminars and actively wanted this language to programme their avionics and guidance systems. I learnt it but then did my industrial placement with the Red Cross working out ways to map land mine fields autonomously, because fuck the war machine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _TheNardDog_@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago Our justification was that Ratheon and Lockheed Martin held recruitment seminars and actively wanted this language to programme their avionics and guidance systems. I learnt it but then did my industrial placement with the Red Cross working out ways to map land mine fields autonomously, because fuck the war machine. permalink fedilink source parent