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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

5 days ago by sanitation to c/programming

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Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
rockSlayer 10 points 5 days ago

A true legend. How many of us went into computer science hoping to do what she did? I know I did.

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404 7 points 5 days ago

I know I did.

Turing, Hopper, Dijkstra, Hamilton. Always.

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watson387 2 points 5 days ago

RIP

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