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SeattleVet

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1. I had the honor of meeting her twice.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 01:52 PM

Dec 2016

Once before she retired from the Navy, and once when she had become a spokesperson for DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation). I still have a couple of 'Grace Hopper nanoseconds' (and a packet of DEC-logoes 'picoseconds'...ground black pepper).

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RADM Grace Murray Hopper-- computer scientist and programmer (COBOL) [View all] niyad Dec 2016 OP

I had the honor of meeting her twice. SeattleVet Dec 2016 #1

If we were re-doing the metric system the nanosecond would be a useful measure of distance. hunter Dec 2016 #3

that is so very cool!! what was she like in person? niyad Dec 2016 #7

Very personable, but you could tell that she could be as tough as nails. SeattleVet Dec 2016 #15

thank you so much for sharing a bit of this remarkable woman with us firsthand!! niyad Dec 2016 #16

ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award FarCenter Dec 2016 #2

thank you for that information on the award. niyad Dec 2016 #11

Grace Murray Hopper Park is located in Arlington, VA Recursion Dec 2016 #4

thank you for that lovely bit of information. niyad Dec 2016 #10

The wikipedia COBOL page is fascinating... hunter Dec 2016 #5

I look at the little bitty computer in my little bitty phone that is more powerful and with more niyad Dec 2016 #9

I existed in PDP-11 land. hunter Dec 2016 #14

3 open source projects for modern COBOL development FarCenter Dec 2016 #13

Remarkable woman! smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #6

she was indeed a most remarkable woman!! niyad Dec 2016 #8

. . . niyad Dec 2016 #12