This Day in History Entry #357
December 9th, 2015 by Wordsman
Ones and zeroes are all the comps need
But to poor human brains they’re not keyed
And all coders should know
It’s to Hopper they owe
For she taught the computer to read
Event: Birth of Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, inventor of the first compiler and instrumental in the development early high-level programming languages
Year: 1906
Learn more: Grace Hopper
Compiler
High-level programming language
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