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Google Doodle Remembers Computing Pioneer Grace Hopper

Posted by samzenpus on from the original-programmer dept.

SternisheFan writes "Monday's Google Doodle honors computing genius Grace Hopper (remembered as a great pioneer in computing, as well as in women's achievements in science and engineering), on what would have been her 107th birthday, doodling her right where she spent much of her time – at the helm of one of the world's first computers."

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  1. Whatever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So many of these google doodles reek of "see, seeeeee, women can do computers and tech stuff too!"

    Yes they can, but if google does even does this twice a year, then they're vastly overstating the value and frequency female historical and potential future contributions in anything of significance.

    pi is the realm of men.
    pie is the realm of women.

    The new geek chic appears to be swallowing the wet-dreams of marxist/feminist/post-modern cultural critique and historical revisionism whole, so commence with the downvoting and white-knighting!

  2. Re: COBOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    COBOL is a sin, it only stayed so long because it's a pain to get rid of it and nobody want to deal with that crap.
    Noone likes COBOL, for an excellent reason : it sucks by design.