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Worldsfirstcomputerprogrammer

Tosayshewasaheadofhertimewouldbeanunderstatement.AdaLovelaceearned

herplaceinhistoryasthefirstcomputerprogrammer一afullcenturybeforetodays

computersemerged.

ShecouldnthavedoneitwithoutBritishmathematicianjnventorandengineer

CharlesBabbage.Theircooperationstartedintheearly130s,whenLovelacewasjust

17.BabbagehaddrawnupplansforamachinehecalledtheDifference

Engine一essentially,agiantmechanicalcalculator.lnthemiddleofhisworkonit,the

teenageLovelacemetBabbageataparty.

There,heshowedanincompleteprototype（原型）ofhismachine.Accordingtoa

familyfriendwhowasthere:uWhileothervisitorsgazedattheworkingofthisbeautiful

instrument,MissByron,youngasshewas,understooditsworking,andsawthegreat

beautyoftheinvention/5

Itwasmathematicalobsession（痴迷）atfirstsight.Thetwostruckupaworking

relationshipandeventualclosefriendshipthatwouldlastuntilLovelacesdeathin

152,whenshewasonly36.BabbageabandonedhisDifferenceEnginetobrainstorma

newAnalyticalEngine一intheory,capableofmorecomplexnumbercrunching一butit

wasLovelacewhosawthatenginestruepotential.

TheAnalyticalEnginewasmorethanacalculator一itscomplexmechanismsandthe

factthattheuserfeditcommandsviaapunchcardmeanttheenginecouldperform

nearlyanymathematicaltaskordered.Lovelaceevenwroteinstructionsforsolvinga

complexmathproblem,shouldthemachineeverseethelightofday.

Manyhistorianswouldlaterconsiderthoseinstructionsthefirstcomputer

program,andLovelacethefirstprogrammer.ItsherworkirTpoeticalscience”,asshe

calledit,thatdefinesherasoneofthegreatestscientists.

本文是一篇记叙文。埃达•洛夫莱斯为巴贝奇的分析机设计了解决复杂数学问题的指令,

被称为世界上第一位程序员。

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