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To: dynachrome

Wasn’t she the inventer of COBOL?


9 posted on 10/04/2023 8:03:08 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL


15 posted on 10/04/2023 8:16:03 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Signalman

She invented FLOWMATIC which was later extended and became COBOL.


27 posted on 10/04/2023 8:40:41 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Signalman

Yes. And she also coined term - bug in the system - by finding an actual moth in the circuits of the computer.


30 posted on 10/04/2023 8:47:00 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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