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Favorite NON-fiction ?

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Wed Jan 29 12:42:51 PST 2003

Steve Simmons <scs at lokkur.dexter.mi.us> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 09:27:50PM -0600, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
> 
> > Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes:

> > > There's definitely no lack of female role models in computer 
> > > science.
> > 
> > Yes there is.  There are a couple of famous ones, one of whom is
> > famous primarily for modern work that was simply named after her, and
> > that's pretty much it.
> 
> Almost all the 'famous' hackers are male, but I can name a helluva lot
> more influential women in CS than I can in engineering.  This may reflect
> my greater knowledge of CS as a field, but I doubt it.

I think you're probably right that there are more examples of
significant or influential women in CS than in most kinds of
engineering.  I just don't consider the number that there are to
constitute "definitely no lack" of female role models.
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