| William H. Magill on Mon, 30 Sep 2002 18:10:10 +0200 |
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On Saturday, September 28, 2002, at 02:29 PM, jeff wrote: Penn, Eniac, a moth had caused a short. Can't remember the name of the woman who diagnosed the problem and removed the moth from the circuit -- the first debugger. Grace Hopper. ... Actually, I don't recall off hand if it was she or Kay Mauchley. However, the story was part and parcel of Grace's presentations (along with her "nanosecond" piece of wire. It's documented in the various histories about ENIAC. But it IS where the term "debug" came from. T.T.F.N. William H. Magill magill@mcgillsociety.org magill@acm.org _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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