RIP: Betty Holberton

From: Eric J. Korpela <korpela_at_ssl.berkeley.edu>
Date: Wed Dec 12 11:41:13 2001

> 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.

Not to disparage the Admiral, but I'm fairly sure the term "bug" referring
to problems with a mechanism was in general use well before electronic
computers existed.

Eric
Received on Wed Dec 12 2001 - 11:41:13 GMT