Lynn developed "generalized dynamic instruction dispatch" for IBM in 1966. 2 years later she was kicked out, just after Robert Tomasulo published the "Tomasulo Algorithm" for out-of-order execution of floating point instructions, utilizing Lynn's work. Everyone knows Tomasulo (and he did great work, mind you!), but no-one knows Lynn.

Later, in technical compsci, you may stumble upon highly integrated circuits, everyone there knows #VLSI, but not the inventor, our dear Dr. Conway.

Her story, her struggle against IBM who took decades to apologize to her for her mistreatment. She transitioned in darker times and pioneered not "only" in compsci. She was what many would call "greater than life". She died a few days ago.

Today, let's remember Lynn 🏳️‍⚧️, tomorrow we'll fight on ✊

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Even when people mention Von Neumann, for some reason it's always John and never Klara. Klara was the one who flew the Monte Carlo punchcards to ENIAC, directed the wiring of the machine for the problem, and ran the actual program (would that make her the kernel in that architecture?).

But then again, John would have looked out of place at the time, since computer programming was "womens' work" back then.

Thank you for this toot. I have shared it with my partner, a CS professor.

In the very least, it made him pause. This isn't the area he teaches, but he's at least thinking about it now.

European heritage undoubtedly biased against African heritage, and yet even there they will acknowledge a "colored" person, *after* they have passed (and are safely "out of harm's way", e.g. MLK [contrast rhetoric before and after his passing]).

But women?

Even when dead they are forgotten by the culture in which I have been raised.

(Unless "purified" by a rare event/narrative (e.g. marie curie, mother theresa) or bathed in tremendous apocryphal beauty, Cleopatra)

Computer History Museum’s Hall of Fellows:
https://computerhistory.org/hall-of-fellows/
Includes many of the women mentioned, but has others.

And Susan Graham 1st & for decade+ only female CMPSC prof at UC Berkeley:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_L._Graham
I was happy to get her oral history this week for the Museum, not up yet, but I got Adele’s long ago:

https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/oralhistories/?s=Adele+Goldberg

American computer scientist

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@lj·rk @Lisa Melton

Grace Hopper and Ada Lovelace are always mentioned as the two female pioneers in programming, but there are so many more. Thanks for sharing this list; I was not aware of most of them.

@beunice

It's not original information to infer that men think men are superior or women think women are superior. Or, simply that men feel they can relate more to other men, & women relate more to women (precisely because they share similar life experiences)

The terms "men" & "women" don't encapsulate the diversity of personality differences, gender perception, etc (& don't include humans that are physiologically "children". On there way to being anatomically " adult")

@Etche_homo @beunice

Social power dynamics are certainly a significant driver. Of course, generally, what we are saying is that we want equal opportunities.

Ask yourself this. Would you prefer to be a male or female that couldn't afford to buy food?

In cities, are there more homeless males than females? Do the homeless care that female CEOs get less of a bonus than their male colleagues?

Sex discrimination effects people from the 'top' to the 'bottom' of society

@ScienceCommunicator Are "women think women are superior" and "[as what gender would you rather starve]" arguments against "[we should showcase more of the women inventors that built our field because they're usually swept under the rug]"?

I'm lost. Your science communication is not effective and I have no idea what direction this subthread is going.

@lj·rk @Dr. Heather Etchevers @Benjamin Eunice @Lisa Melton

@clacke @Etche_homo @beunice
Do you

1. Strongly agree

2. Agree

3. Neither agree or disagree

4. Disagree

5. Strongly disagree

That honesty is what any healthy relationship, or communication, is based on?

As for a direction of travel, honesty is up, dishonesty is down. Effectively, dishonest people lose their way in life

It's an implicit ironic tradegy for them. Just for an example, they think they're being clever by re-editing posts to 'fool' people (the fools do)