The first computer programmer

Ada Lovelace had a huge influence on modern computing.

WILD IDEAS When she was 12, Lovelace had the idea for a flying machine shaped like a horse. A steam engine would power “an immense pair of wings” on the machine to “carry it up into the air while a person sits on its back”. On the second Tuesday of October each year, the world remembers the work of the first computer programmer (a person who writes instructions that tell a computer what to do). However, they didn’t live in this century, nor even in the last. In fact, the first programmer lived more than 200 years ago. A child of science Ada Byron was born in London on 10 December 1815. Her father was Lord Byron, a famous poet who was known for his romantic relationships, scandalous behaviour and…

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