[qengho]

Yeah so TIL that Ada Lovelace was NOT the first programmer.

That title belongs to Charles Babbage, who wrote dozens of programs for the Analytical Engine years before her.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace#Controversy_over_...

So you can stop perpetuating the biggest lie in the history of computing any time now.

[cristiancavalli]

Read the section -- it's an ongoing debate not a fact either way. Academics and historians debating as usual.