
For the second annual
Ada Lovelace Day, March 24, 2010 - celebrating women in science and technology - I've chosen to write about
Frances E. Allen, IBM Fellow, Turing Award winner and pioneer in the theory and practice of optimizing compilers. I've never had the honor of meeting her in person, but I'll take the liberty of referring to her as "Fran", as she's referred to by everyone I've known who talked with personal knowledge, respect
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