Grace Hopper — "I'm not a computer scientist. I'm a mathematician. I just happen to work with co…"
I'm not a computer scientist. I'm a mathematician. I just happen to work with computers.
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Often said, reflecting her academic background and the early days of computing.
Date: 1970s-1980s
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