Most of us In The Business can name a lot of men and their accomplishments: Vint Cerf ("The father of the Internet"), John Backus (FORTRAN, BNF), Donald Knuth (WEB, TeX, TAOCP), Bill Gates (um, yeah).
But, can you name the person who invented the compiler? Do you know who developed the Apollo flight software? Who designed the trashcan icon and the Windows Solitaire deck? Can you name any of the six first programmers on the ENIAC?
If you can't, it could be because they belong to a certain group that tends to be overlooked. You can find some of them on this list, though.
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