RIP: Betty Holberton

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Dec 12 13:08:26 2001

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Gene Buckle wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>

She used to pass them out in her presentations, Gene. They were
approximately 12" long.
                                                 - don
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