Happy Birthday To Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer

Posted by Unknown on Monday December 10, 2012 @04:01PM from the before-her-time dept.

First time accepted submitter MrBeeudoublez writes "Honored by a Google Doodle, Ada Lovelace is the first computer programmer. From the article: 'Ada's life as a member of British society (first as the daughter of Lord Byron, and later as the wife of the Count of Lovelace), brought her into contact with Charles Babbage, whose concepts for mechanical calculating machines (early computers) she took a great interest in. Ultimately, her work on explaining Babbage's design for the Analytical Engine resulted in her being credited as the first true computer programmer in history, even if the computer she programmed for was not actually built until 2002.'"

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Re:Did it work? by Lussarn · 2012-12-11 00:06 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah, it did. Unfortunaley Apple rejected it, apparently the "No competition" clause.
Re:The first programmer was Hero of Alexandria by phantomfive · 2012-12-11 19:56 · Score: 3, Funny

Fascinating. No doubt he stole the term from Tesla ;)

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