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Discussion on: Who are women that should get recognition for their contributions to software?

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Daan Wilmer

Almost cliché by now, but Margaret Hamilton! She is most famous for being the lead software engineer for the Apollo guidance computer, and is (I believe) responsible for the way the computer recovered from the errors that occurred in the final minutes before Apollo 11 landed on the surface of the moon.

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Michael Lee 🍕

That's right! Margaret Hamilton! Not cliché at all. Thanks for sharing @dwilmer !