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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 (news.mit.edu)
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[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 days ago

A true legend. How many of us went into computer science hoping to do what she did? I know I did.

[-] 404@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

I know I did.

Turing, Hopper, Dijkstra, Hamilton. Always.

[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

RIP

this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2026
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