RIP: Betty Holberton

From: Gene Buckle <geneb_at_deltasoft.com>
Date: Wed Dec 12 10:27:27 2001

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On December 11, jpero_at_sympatico.ca wrote:
> > Look to /.
> >
> > This is one whom coined the bug and debugging I think. :-)
>
> If you're talking about the terms, that was Rr. Adm. Grace Hopper.
>

Speaking of whom, do you know where I could obtain a video tape of the
talks she used to give? I'm especially interested in the one where she
related the anecdote about her needing a wire a nanosecond (pico?) long.

g.
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