On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:14:05 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>>> Does anybody *else* find it ironic that the world's first programmer was 
>>> a women??
>> 
>> Noo. Why should it be ironic or even mentionable?
>
>Because today all programmers are male? (Indeed, all people remotely 
>connected with computer technology are male.)

You are just plain wrong, Andrew. Maybe thirty years ago your statement would
have been truer. On my present project about 25% of the functional and technical
people are female. That is not counting administrative staff or business
representatives. 
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Regards
     Stephen

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