Many of the first computer programmers were women. In fact, the very first computer programmer in the world was Ada Lovelace, the daughter of famous poet Lord Byron. Produced by Matthew Stuart and ...

I wondered if she is really worthy of standing as a symbol for our subject. One thing is in little doubt. Ada’s story is a ... published the world’s first computer programme, can we be sure ...

The symbol’s modern obscurity ended in 1971, when a computer scientist named Ray Tomlinson was facing a vexing problem: how to connect people who programmed computers with one another.