2022-06-09
Grace Hopper
Rear Admiral "Amazing" Grace Hopper (Ph.D) is one of the most important pioneers in computer science.
Her famous lecture at MIT Lincoln Laboratory on 25th of April 1985:
Grace Hopper Lecture
"The most important thing I've accomplished, other than building the compiler," she said, "is training young people. They come to me, you know, and say, 'Do you think we can do this?' I say, 'Try it.' And I back 'em up. They need that. I keep track of them as they get older and I stir 'em up at intervals so they don't forget to take chances."
-- from:
Gilbert, Lynn (December 10, 2012)
Particular Passions: Grace Murray Hopper. Women of Wisdom Series (1st ed.)
New York City: Lynn Gilbert Inc. ISBN 978-1-61979-403-0