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"Tech Heroes" From Ada Lovelace to Jamie Z

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-know-kung-fu dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Web 2.0 Journal has launched a search for what it calls "the all-time heroes of i-Technology" (its own shorthand for 'Internet technologies'), reaching as far back as to The Countess of Lovelace, though whether or not Ada Lovelace is truly the first programmer is not discussed. As an exercise in reminding ourselves whose shoulders we are standing on when hurtlng towards the 21st-century, richer Web it's not a bad start. Naturally there are sins of omission..."

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  1. irony of the sites name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative


    a Web 2 "journal" that doesn't even validate and uses tables for presentation (not to mention 20+adverts per page) spread over 18 pages

    if that's what web 2 is all about i'm dreading Web 3

  2. Claude E. Shannon by z-man · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How is it possible to create a list of the most important people in technology throughout history and _not_ include Shannon. Jeez, the guy is the father of information theory and digital circuit design!

  3. The mind bibbles, boggles and so on by allikat_uk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How could they forget Alan Turing? The inventor of the Turing test for AI, and father of the modern computer?

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  4. Ada and Ruby by krischik · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ada, the most overhyped language until Ruby. Ada was not overhyped - Ada delivered everything it promised. Ada was rather underestimaded by those who never learned Ada.

    Of course that was the problem: When Ada came out only very powerfull system where able to run an Ada compiler so not many programmers could actualy try the language.

    But that's not a problem any more, grap yourself an open source Ada compiler [1] and see for yourself.

    As for Ruby: That seems a nice enough language as well. Never given me any problems. So where actually is your problem?

    Martin

    [1] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Insta lling