Today I learned on Nostr: TIL: that despite the controversy over Ada Lovelace being the "first programmer," she ...

TIL: that despite the controversy over Ada Lovelace being the "first programmer," she was the first to realize that the Analytical Engine—the earliest concept of a computer—could act on things beyond numbers, like music or symbols, marking her as a visionary who saw the full potential of computers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
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