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> Margaret Hamilton worked out how to write bug-free software during the Apollo 11 project. The IT industry collectively went, "meh."

That's an often repeated myth but it collapses the moment one digs a bit further (rather than swallowing preposterous statements). She was a glorified manager at best, others did the programming that actually mattered.

Hal Laning [2] was primarily responsible for what Hamilton gets credit for.

[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/18yum8s/no_marg...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LELUXyVDOKk



Yeah this sort of after-the-fact character assassination is BS. People get jealous of other people's fame. One publicity photo and a little fame and you've got whole threads of folks tearing you down, "she was /just/ the team leader". Whatever.




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