RIP: Betty Holberton

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Wed Dec 12 11:53:47 2001

On December 12, Eric J. Korpela wrote:
> 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.

  Most literature that I've seen gives Hopper that distinction...however
John Lawson mentioned a book that seems to prove otherwise. Scans of
that would be very cool to have.

   -Dave

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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
Received on Wed Dec 12 2001 - 11:53:47 GMT

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