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by cafard 4163 days ago
"As a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, Hopper worked on the first computer, the Harvard Mark 1."

No, as a lieutenant junior grade, Hopper worked on the Mark 1. Maybe I'll read the rest later, but the first sentence does not build confidence.

[edit: I should have said "second sentence".]