[Sugar-devel] Sugar Digest 2009-05-03

[Walter Bender]

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]

>
> Diego introduced me to Grace Hopper's formula for creativity that I
> had not previously encountered: The probability of creativity is a
> function of knowledge, innovation, and experience, modulated by
> attitude. (Historical footnote: Hopper is the one who coined the term
> "debugging" when her colleagues found a moth stuck in a relay of the
> Mark II computer.) In this formulation, attitude is often the weak
> link.
>

[snip]

I got two things wrong in one paragraph:

(1) It was Ruth Noller's formula for creativity; and (2) Hooper wasn't
the one who actually coined the term "debugging".

My apologies to both of these giants.

-walter


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Walter Bender
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