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Who was the real first computer programmer?
- 082349872349872 3y agoNot 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 3y agoBy 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.