I know that this is an old thread. In the late 70's I had the
privilege of being part of a public discussion on the future
of computing with Grace Hopper and a moderator one
evening.

My role was to represent the future of personal computing,
before the evening the moderator (Jim Linders),
Grave Hopper and I had dinner together. She could be
very funny, she was tough as nails, she had a broad base
of knowledge.

Over dinner she talked about her current project which
was pattern recognition using multiple processors for
navigation on cruise missiles, this was before the days
of GPS. I came away from dinner with enormous respect
for her.

She spent  a lot of time "educating" the public about
computing, the classic was her Letterman interview
and her handful of "nano seconds". I think she saw
public education as her duty, her passion was computing
and the development of new ideas.

For me it was an evening I will never forget.

Walter Banks


IVP wrote:

> >> Grace Hopper, mother of the term "program 'bug'"
>
> With a name like that you couldn't help but be associated with bugs
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