Installing Windows might take 5,000 years without the compiler
A remarkable innovation which made modern computing possible. This compelling story has at its heart a pioneering woman called Grace Hopper who – along the way – single-handedly invented the idea of open source software too.
The compiler evolved into COBOL – one of the first computer languages – and led to the distinction between hardware and software
~ Courtesy Doug Finke‘s Facebook post.
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