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Happy Birthday, Grace Hopper

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Re: Happy Birthday, Grace Hopper

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My favorite Grace Hopper fact nobody seems to know: She was an early Mark I programmer and was tasked with compiling a book on how to program the machine. (IOW how to punch the right holes in the paper tape to then feed into the machine). This was the world's very first computer manual. (I go back and forth over whether this was a good thing)