A French mathematician, physicist and philosopher
Betty Snyder, who, under her married name, Betty Holberton, went on to become a pioneer programmer who helped develop the COBOL and Fortran languages. - Walter Isaacson
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Betty Holberton
1917-2001
Cryptologist
Who is she?
An American computer scientist, one of the six original programmer of ENIAC, the first versatile digital electronic computer 🖥️
She invented breakpoints in computer debugging 😮
She is regarded as the pioneer of software 💪
Why is she in the spotlight?
Her will to excel dates back to her first day of University, in Pennsylvania 🏫 when her math teacher asked if she wouldn’t be better at home raising children 🍼
Today, only 33% of girls are encouraged by their parents to pursue digital professions 😬 versus 61% of boys 😱 according to the study: Observation sur la féminisation des métiers du numérique (Observation of feminization of digital professions) by Epitech and Ipsos 📖
Betty Snyder, who, under her married name, Betty Holberton, went on to become a pioneer programmer who helped develop the COBOL and Fortran languages. - Walter Isaacson
#WoGiTech #VivaTech
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