tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post559007336867905759..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Ada LovelaceJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-29821718175402444782009-03-26T13:15:00.000+00:002009-03-26T13:15:00.000+00:00Well, as my contribution to Women in Science, an i...Well, as my contribution to Women in Science, an interesting parallel to Ada L was <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper" REL="nofollow"> Rear Admiral Grace Hopper </A> who wrote the first compiled language and is accepted as the author of <A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/05/developing_legacy_systems_part2/" REL="nofollow"> the COBOL language</A>, released 1960 and currently processing 90% of the World's financial transactions.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, despite being so widespread, the language is very rarely taught in the UK and firms don't take on trainees - so much COBOL development here in the UK is being done by Indian Computer Science graduates working for companies such as Infosys - often working off-shore.<BR/><BR/>But that's nothing to do with the <BR/>admirable Admiral Hopper.<BR/><BR/>PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838261998742846807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-75581500243558554642009-03-24T22:18:00.000+00:002009-03-24T22:18:00.000+00:00Many years ago I worked in Cobham in Surrey. Ada w...Many years ago I worked in Cobham in Surrey. Ada was from near there. What I recall as her old family house had become a restaurant which we occassionally went to, along with the pub nearby - a bit more frequently.<BR/><BR/>At the time the work we were doing was for the MoD - coding something in Ada, the mandatory programming language for much such work at the time. That was of course named after her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com