" Ada Lovelace is called the first computer programmer because she translated a paper written by one man about another man’s work, using example programs written by that man from two years prior that she modified — with a lot of his help. All of the fuss about Ada being the first programmer is about this translated paper. The claims made about her range from establishment media puff-pieces which claim she was “the first programmer” to subtler claims that she was the “first published programmer,” or that she “wrote the first published program.”"
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