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Fran Allen Wins Turing Award

Posted by kdawson on from the one-small-step-for-a-woman dept.

shoemortgage writes "The Association for Computing Machinery has named Frances E. Allen the recipient of the 2006 A.M. Turing Award for contributions that fundamentally improved the performance of computer programs in solving problems, and accelerated the use of high performance computing. Allen,74, is the first woman to receive the Turing Award in the 41 years of its history. She retired from IBM in 2002."

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  1. So wait... by RyanFenton · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Does this mean she's a cylon?

    Ryan Fenton

  2. Yeah... by tcdk · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, what kind of test did she have to complete to qualify?

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  3. Does she deserve the award? by jacobw · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not a computer scientist, so I don't know offhand if she deserves the award. However, I know a foolproof way to figure out if she does

    Just put either her, or a previous winner of the award, in a sealed room and let me ask converse with them via slips of paper passed back and forth. If I can't tell the difference, then she must deserve the award.

    Now, if only I can come up with a clever name for this test...

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  4. Astronomy by Bastard+of+Subhumani · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought she discovered the Fran Allen belts.

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  5. Re:So, has the black guy won yet? by glwtta · · Score: 4, Funny

    And, if we're lucky, maybe at some point they can dedge up a Native American with some mediocre qualifications too.

    Yeah, next thing you know they'll be giving it to some gay guy.

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