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Who was the real first computer programmer?

3 points| BryanLunduke | 2 years ago |lunduke.locals.com

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082349872349872|2 years ago

Not only would Dijkstra disapprove of TFA's proposed criteria, but I've been paid (albeit with a job title of "software engineer" instead of "programmer") to write programs for silicon which did not yet exist.

philipswood|2 years ago

By this logic, while I'm typing my program in an editor, I'm not yet programming (i.e. being a programmer). Also not when I compile the program.

The first time someone runs the binary - then I assume programmerhood.