Vor 200 Jahren wurde Ada Countess of Lovelace geboren, deren Anmerkungen zur Arbeit von Charles Babbage als Urtext einer Beschreibung des Computers gelten. Lovelace gilt heute als die erste Programmiererin.
61 years ago today, on June 14th 1951 the very first electronic computer produced in series (and in the United States), the UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer) was delivered to the US States Census Bureau at the price of $1.6 Mio.
In the 20th Century, meaningful education was all about learning your ABCs. Today, it's centered on Alphas, Betas and C++. Programming skills are becoming ever more important, quickly turning into the core competency for all kinds of 21st Century workers. (tags: informatik programmierung schule)