11 Dec
2006
11 Dec
'06
5:11 p.m.
I was lucky enough to have dinner with her when she visited our student
ACM chapter in the mid-1970s. Remember her smoking (several) unfiltered
Camels that evening.
Great speaker. Told a very funny story about being mistaken for a flight
attendant (stewardess in those days) when walking thru the airport in
her naval uniform.
Lee Courtney
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-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Brad Parker
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 9:09 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Dr. Hopper's 100 birthday
Colin Eby wrote:
All --
Saw this blurb on BBC News and thought I'd flag it to the
rest of you.
9 December was the 100th anniversary of Dr. Grace
Hopper's
birthday.
All hail Mother COBOL:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6168489.stm
I saw her speak once, where she handed out "nanoseconds" and
talked with people afterward. It was very memorable. She
was quite inspirational.
I'll never forget her talking about just doing things rather
than asking for permission, and her (now) famous quote on
that. She had great stories about the military and computing.
She also (if I remember correctly) had some interesting
anecdotes about drum memory and code timing - I've seen other
people comment on that here.
-brad