But it does not change the point.
People who created Ada believed that Ada Lovelice was the first programmer and named the language after her.
So it's not named after "somebody's girlfriend".
The fact that they were probably mistaken does not change this.
It she was brilliant anyway, even if not the first programmer.
But it does not change the point. People who created Ada believed that Ada Lovelice was the first programmer and named the language after her. So it's not named after "somebody's girlfriend". The fact that they were probably mistaken does not change this. It she was brilliant anyway, even if not the first programmer.