What is "It didn’t take much for Sammet to become the lead programmer at Sperry Gyroscope, but the future would make her cross path with one of computing greatest, Grace Hopper.", chopped liver? But it doesn't mention that CODASYL had a short range committee and a long range committee, with COBOL coming from the former.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 4:42 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Jean Sammet — Designer of COBOL – A Computer of One’s Own – Medium https://secure-web.cisco.com/1k9FBxYWvPGY7DcyH8LqzSUNs8ZcdbI8cKOf5dmIlfzTFwauXoLqwHvhPEEU6g8YHfmu7uj7y5upuH9gDC3WD2eGlZuEx3zM362QxnFCUZqtCW_M4ZIKbSTyTQ9gWalOFiC7Q5DQcjKtvBl83mBI86P_erUuQvry1b9QTtrU1BKofBDwKWME5QGME4koMxFyWSg8dz5kFIjLEOTvKj0VpE6OUEP3_q0c7bi-cWUvhMCM-JKaXD5ohmPThuYJF9mUsZiSIYznRUJ4vbOLOHYK688zu21ZoP4-V-og5hjJW2CsyxF3LGrh858n1_7HPHnn8DZCNxNOuWOFznlU2ILAiglhe9iV6nteaacGJzOXiFMQtY0FA3wNPXaVGbDznF--Dy3KZFpyo2mM0qYopRjS9xEdWUA-UUJ_or-_sfVovNB2Q_mCGHDEwxxe0Y_peUnQcL8o7zFYCJ075y9k8tLaizA/https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2Fa-computer-of-ones-own%2Fjean-sammet-designer-of-cobol-77c6d794365c No mention of Grace Hopper. Heresy? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
