She wrote all this code by hand to take humanity to the Moon

Man, I thought when we left Reddit shit was going to change?

First off, SHE didn't write all the code, she led a team (And probably wrote a decent chunk herself). It wasn't by hand it was on computers, no one writes computer code by hand, that's just blatantly a myth, even punch cards were normally done BY the computer, not "by hand".

Also something I've questioned before is if that's really "The source code" and not maybe 11 copies (There's 11 binders there) Though most reports from reputable sources say that's "Listings". AKA that's the logging, not the code itself. The code itself may be printed out but would be kept on Punch cards (Again printed by the computer, not by hand). And the final form was actually a rope. (no really)

The thing is the story of Margaret Hamilton (And in fact most programmers of the time) is incredible enough. But when you blatantly lie like this it actually diminishes her accomplishment because it's obviously false and people will tear it down or disbelieve it because it's blatant misinformation.

This is why I left Next Fucking Level, because it became misinformation and karma whoring. It became about the "Story" rather than the actual person/skill/talent/figure. But on Reddit the reason was because people wanted Karma. Shouldn't we have left the basement tier BS and lying behind as well?

She didn't write the code by herself, she led a MIT team of 8 other people.

https://news.mit.edu/2016/scene-at-mit-margaret-hamilton-apollo-code-0817

She didn’t write all of that, she had a team of programmers working under her

Really like her white and gold dress

TIL

She invented the term "software engineering"

Imagine having to look for the missing semicolon in there.

And clickbait arrives on lemmy

This is the video of when she received the Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama: youtube.com/watch?v=X1PNp_YggAA

She wrote code without stack overflow for her job, and the code worked as intended. That alone is worthy of respect.

None of you better call yourselves nerds, THIS is a nerd.

The "Women of NASA" Lego set includes a display of a minifig Margaret Hamilton based on this photo.

Including comments on the code with expressions like "Crank the silly thing arround", "see if he's lying", "off to see the wizard" and a sub-routine called "burnbaby". More here: https://www.sciencealert.com/the-code-that-took-astronauts-to-the-moon-is-now-on-github

She's definitely a legend.

Also worth remembering: The Apollo guidance computer had less compute power than a USB charger. That thing sent us to the moon. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a30916315/usb-c-charger-apollo-11-computer/

Wouldn't it have worked better if she wrote it into the computer? 🤔

Such a legend! Every time I see this post I'm stunned by the impact she made

I got a box to display right in css today. So I'm basically the same

Just like my ex. Her hand also sent all humanity to the Moon.

Google did a cool tribute in 2019: g.co/Margaretbymoonlight

Sensible shoes.

Undisputed GOAT.

I'm eternally envious of the man who got to marry her

Did you know that programs for the Apollo guidance computer were woven, by hand, in to Core Rope Memory modules?

ShShe'a freaking mastermind.

How much mb is this?

Isn't this Jack Black's mom?

Margaret is a legend.

Absolute deity

Twitter employee getting ready for a code review with Elon

Amazing. Punch cards are before my time but did she have to plot out the code before creating punch cards? I'm wondering about the " by hand " part of it.

These people should have millions of followers instead we follow kardashians. No wonder the world is going to end😥

What programming language did she use?

Why didn't she write in on a computer?

The code:

Permanently Deleted

Jesus. I think all the code I've written in the last decade could fit in two of those binders lol

The fact that this has been on the front page for a day tells me that lemmy is just a shittier version of reddit.

Smurfette, merged wth Brainy Smurf.

Woooooow... So good to finally learn it after seeing it reaching Reddit's main page some dozen or two times already. Wooooooooooooooow....