On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:16:27 +1000
Colin Carter
On Saturday 16 April 2005 02:06, Jerry Feldman wrote:
One real problem in the industry, and has been since Grace Hopper found the first bug, is the lack of proper testing. I have rarely seen a
Jerry, I don't think that this is correct. Long before the Americans got computers underway the English military built a programmable computer with valves and relays. It was used to break the German codes during WW II. What you are talking about is Alan Turing's Enigma machine. But, what I was referring to is the coining of the word, "bug". I was fortunate to have had lunch with Grace Hopper once back around 1980.
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-h/g-hoppr.htm
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Jerry Feldman