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To: cynicom
I think you're thinking of Commodore Grace Hopper. Now there was a military intelligence professional. The Navy would have kept her until she was 200 years old. They even named a ship after her. Only Stephen Hawking could keep up with her mind.
79 posted on 01/26/2003 10:40:46 PM PST by JackelopeBreeder ("Push to test." <click> "Release to detonate." Uhh, lemme see that manual again.)
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To: JackelopeBreeder
Amplification -- they named a fighting ship after her.
80 posted on 01/26/2003 10:42:30 PM PST by JackelopeBreeder ("Push to test." <click> "Release to detonate." Uhh, lemme see that manual again.)
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To: JackelopeBreeder
I think you're thinking of Commodore Grace Hopper. Now there was a military intelligence professional.

Yep. I think she was also (at least partly) respnsible for helping to develop either COBAL or FORTRAN programming languages. I can't remember which.

168 posted on 01/27/2003 11:44:01 AM PST by AFreeBird
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