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    02 years ago

    Yeah very true, and credit where credit is due. The majority of “computers”, when that was a job title, were women who were very good at running quick calculations.

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        22 years ago

        I’m not so sure I’d call them “mathematicians”, but they were very good at what they did.

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          22 years ago

          Wouldn’t that be the next most accurate term since we took their job title and applied to to a machine?

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            22 years ago

            In my book mathematician implies someone who studies mathematics academically. Not someone who performs calculations for their job. By no means am I downplaying these women. In fact I’m certain they could do a lot of this stuff quicker than many or all academics.

            Ada Lovelace, who was mentioned in one of these comments as the first programmer, was a proper mathematician.