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RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language

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    imperialismus
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    Damn, that's an impressive career. It's a sad fact that if you plot the prestige of the field of computer science against the number of women in it, the lines pretty much form an X. There's never...

    Damn, that's an impressive career.

    It's a sad fact that if you plot the prestige of the field of computer science against the number of women in it, the lines pretty much form an X. There's never since been as many women programmers as the early days when it was considered a low skilled profession.

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    1. Moonchild
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      On the other hand, the rate of actual innovation has been in a decline for the past 30 years or so.

      if you plot the prestige of the field of computer science against the number of women in it, the lines pretty much form an X

      On the other hand, the rate of actual innovation has been in a decline for the past 30 years or so.

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