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When women stopped coding (Classic)

7 December 2022·17 min

A lot of computing pioneers were women. For decades, the number of women in computer science was growing. But in 1984, something changed. Subscribe to Planet…

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A lot of computing pioneers were women. For decades, the number of women in computer science was growing. But in 1984, something changed.

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