TIL Grace Hopper was the developer of the first compiler for a programming language. She also invented the saying, "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper



Submitted March 17, 2015 at 01:10AM by AlphaDexor http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2z9ltq/til_grace_hopper_was_the_developer_of_the_first/