Grace Hopper, a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, was a computer scientist who invented one of the first compiler tools, which was instrumental in the development of the COBOL programming language. Although her contributions were vital to software development and she is celebrated in some circles, her story and impact are not universally known, especially among younger generations.
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