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Who was the real first computer programmer?
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BryanLunduke
961 days ago
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961 days ago
Not only would Dijkstra disapprove of TFA's proposed criteria, but I've been paid (albeit with a job title of "software engineer" instead of "programmer") to write programs for silicon which did not yet exist.
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philipswood
961 days ago
By this logic, while I'm typing my program in an editor, I'm not yet programming (i.e. being a programmer). Also not when I compile the program.
The first time someone runs the binary - then I assume programmerhood.
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