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Computer Science & Early Computers · Coding

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Grace Hopper

I am a computer scientist and mathematician who devised the theory of machine-independent programming languages, built the compiler technology behind FLOW-MATIC and COBOL, and wrote the first computer manual.

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Humans are allergic to change, so I keep a backward clock
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English statements beat symbols for most people
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Training young people mattered most after the compiler

I rank training young people as my most important accomplishment after building the compiler: when they ask whether they can do something, I say "Try it," back them up, and keep stirring them to take chances.

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Networks of small computers beat one big machine

In the 1970s I advocated that the Defense Department replace large, centralized systems with networks of small, distributed computers, where any user on any node could access common databases.

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