Today's episode of Byte Sized is about Grace Hopper's contributions to computer history.
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Top comments (24)
For quintessential Grace Hopper:
LOL i love the bit about hanging the wire around programmer's necks, hah!
Ahaha the allegory about the wire length is amazing!
Don't go around wasting microseconds ;)
Grace Hopper is a badass!
It was super fun working on this and I'm really excited for the rest of the episodes!
Great subject for your first ep.
There's a funny bit on the C2 wiki where someone recounted a story she told during one of her talks:
Grace Hopper also had the best documented bug ever -- this is a page from the operators' journal for the Marc II computer, where she taped down the moth that worked its way inside and caused a short circuit.
Hopper's Journal
It's frequently said she coined the term "bug" and "debugging" based on this event, but that's apparently apocryphal, and the terms were in use prior to this. She was punning on this existing use in her journal.
Yes!!! I love how she found a real, live bug and that's the same phrase we use today :) I wish we could've included even more about her in the video (she did SO MUCH), but we wanted to keep them short and sweet, so we just focused on the compiler!
So excited for this!!!
Admiral Grace is definitely ADMIRable. 😁😁😁
HAHAH OMG ANDY WHY DIDNT I THINK OF THIS DAMN WHAT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY!
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This is so awesome! Amazing presentation can't wait for more :D
Loved this! ❤️
I actually tried to talk about Grace Hopper with my mom and got a bit tongue tied. I'm going to have to just show this video instead. 😀
Side note: loving the sound effects!
YAY! So glad that you're sharing it with her, GRACE IS THE BEST!
I hearted and unicorned this one! Love this!
EDIT: And followed! :-)
Love this format. Great stuff!
This is awesome and I can't wait for the next episode!
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