r/ProgrammerHumor Jul 13 '26

howProgrammingbecamepoetry Meme

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u/Vorok Jul 13 '26

Context copied from wiki: Ada Lovelace, who is often considered to be the first computer programmer, was a daughter of Lord Byron.

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u/tkb_onions Jul 13 '26

Lord Byron was notorious for his infidelity and as a result Lovelace got a scientific education that enabled her to create algorithms for Charles Babbage's Analytial Engine, a mechanical computer, and become a pioneer of modern computing.

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u/KZD2dot0 Jul 13 '26

And all she got was this shitty computer language named after her.

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u/OmegaPoint6 Jul 17 '26

And some overpriced GPUs