Lovelace

First programmer, arguably

Lovelace is a surname, most notably associated with Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), the English mathematician recognized as the first computer programmer for her work on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.

Her name appears in computing contexts: the Ada programming language honors her, and Ada Lovelace Day celebrates women in technology.

Richard Lovelace was a 17th-century English poet known for Stone walls do not a prison make.

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Pentagon's procedural coding language

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