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If you're unfamiliar with Grace Hopper, her wikipedia article is a great read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

The fact that she wrote the first compiler is extremely impressive, but she also found the first bug... -- a moth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:H96566k.jpg



'The famous quotation "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission" (EAFP) is often attributed to Grace Hopper.'

This quote makes much more sense when attributed to her.


She was also inspiration for one of my favorite SMBCs:

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2516


apparently the word "bug" was already in common usage at the time, though.


I think she's the one that started 'debugging' when they removed the moth.




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