Babbage, lovelace and the biggest lie in tech
By Marcus DEVONSHIRE
It is a near-universal claim that the world's first computer programmer was Ada Lovelace. She is referred to as the "enchantress of numbers", a mathematical genius, a visionary and a fundamental contributor to the field of computing. The second Tuesday of October is "Ada Lovelace day" - an event to celebrate women's achievements in STEMhttp://www.newsnet.fr/4.