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Grace Hopper [1906-1992] American
Rank: 101
Scientist, Computer scientist


Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was an American computer scientist and United States Navy Rear Admiral. She was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer in 1944, invented the first compiler for a computer programming language, and was one of those who popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages which led to the development of COBOL, one of the first high-level programming languages.

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A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
101
I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, 'What are you?'
102
If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.
103
No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that.
104
It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Forgiveness
105

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