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Barbara Liskov Wins Turing Award

Posted by kdawson on from the getting-a-clu dept.

jonniee writes "MIT Professor Barbara Liskov has been granted the ACM's Turing Award. Liskov, the first US woman to earn a PhD in computer science, was recognized for helping make software more reliable, consistent and resistant to errors and hacking. She is only the second woman to receive the honor, which carries a $250,000 purse and is often described as the 'Nobel Prize in computing.'"

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  1. Re:making software more reliable? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Software is ALWAYS reliable. It is the code that people write that sucks.

    No, computers are reliable. They'll do exactly what you tell them to do. Software, however, sucks, since it is simply a representation of the code that people write, which also sucks.

  2. Re:1968 by MoellerPlesset2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why? Do you complain that we need more pregnant men also?

    Men aren't capable of becoming pregnant. I however, happen to believe women are just as capable of being good computer scientists as men are.
    The fact that only a small minority of computer scientists are women, means that upwards of half our best CS talent is going to waste.

    I think that's a pity.