"Parse Tree" <parsetree at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "The 9th Witch" <appalachian_witch at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Parse Tree <parsetree at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > "Bob LeChevalier" <lojbab at lojban.org> wrote in message
> > > news:6qu4ju4i27ra7ti5gts1ndhivj7onim5mj at 4ax.com...> > > > "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote:
> > > > >The simple fact that they have to go back a century and dredge up a
> > woman
> > > > >who got a Nobel Prize BECAUSE her husband requested she be added to
> the
> > > list
> > > > >is proof enough of the lack of women Nobel Prize winners, eh?
> > > >
> > > > http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html> > > >
> > > > lists 30 women who won Nobel prizes, many of them in the sciences,
> > despite
> > > > the fact that because of sexism, women have had few opportunities to
> > work
> > > in
> > > > the sciences.
> > > >
> > > > The reason for going back to Marie Curie is that she was especially
> > > > noteworthy among scientists in general, made one of the most
> significant
> > > > discoveries of her time, did so under conditions even more adverse
> than
> > > women
> > > > face today, and was recognized within the first couple of years
after
> > the
> > > > Nobel prizes were established. (She also raised a daughter to the
> level
> > > that
> > > > 30 years later she also won a Nobel prize in the sciences.)
> > > >
> > > > That her husband requested her recognition is because he admitted
that
> > she
> > > > was at least as instrumental in the discovery as he was. In other
> > words,
> > > he
> > > > was honest, unlike yourself.
> > >
> > > If Grace Murray Hopper really did invent the compiler, then her impact
> has
> > > been far beyond that of Marie Curie, and most Nobel Laureates in
> general.
> > > http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/hopper.html> > >
> >
> > She did. She also was the first to "debug" a computer:).
>> Oh my! It's unfortunate that they didn't have the Turing award back then.
>> I don't think the people here realize that without compilers there
probably
> be no usenet, no web browsers, and no large information technology
industry.
> Her contribution was essential in the information age.
>
Those of us who have been in the military - and heavily into information
technology - do realize her contribution very, very much.
I notice John hasn't found a way to refute the fact that Grace Murray Hopper
has a lot to do with his ability to air his archaic views.
The Shadow Dancer
