Robert McNeesDec 17, 2022

Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was born #OTD in 1913. She worked with John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz on the design and implementation of Beginner’s All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code — BASIC — and was the first woman in the US to earn a PhD in Computer Science.

10 PRINT “HAPPY BIRTHDAY”
20 GOTO 10

Show threadRiley S. FaelanDec 17, 2022
@mcnees: Because BASIC is the computer equivalent of a nun with a ruler?
Show threadAndy Lowry
@riley
She whacked knuckles with a slide rule instead of the usual way.
Dec 17, 2022 at 4:34pmWeb