12:04 PM - Charles Babbage is the first programmer?
I read something on slashdot which led me to wikipedia today. Unrelated, I started reading the article to discover that ada lovelace is no longer considered the first programmer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_lovelace
It gets weirder. I guess the wikipedia spin is that she corrected some errors in the first program. However, some people don't even want to give her that much credit.
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1999/03/16feature.html
This is a very strage outcome. The other odd factor is that prior to that publication ada lovelace did know babbage so its entirely possible she did write the programs. I haven't read the actual documents these people are using, but it does open up questions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_lovelace
It gets weirder. I guess the wikipedia spin is that she corrected some errors in the first program. However, some people don't even want to give her that much credit.
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1999/03/16feature.html
This is a very strage outcome. The other odd factor is that prior to that publication ada lovelace did know babbage so its entirely possible she did write the programs. I haven't read the actual documents these people are using, but it does open up questions.
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I'd like to see the papers that prove Babbage wrote the programs. It seems that is where the biggest gap in the story is.