Re: Why are women too dumb to program a computer???

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From: Roedy Green
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:11

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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:26:44 -0000, nebulous99@gmail.com wrote, quoted
or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>> You are aware that Grace Hopper invented COBOL.
>
>Not exactly a ringing endorsement of women in technical fields, I'm
>afraid...:)

Until you think that people used assembler often with absolute
numerical addresses prior to that.  It a was still a big leap.

It is very hard to design a high level language when nobody has ever
coded in one before. There is no practical experience to guide.
Further programs were much smaller and simpler then. The problems of
maintenance and managing complexity did not show up right away. 
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com

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