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Frances Allen
KindPerson
Born1932
Died2020
StatusDead
Fieldprogramming languages
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

Pioneered optimizing compilers at IBM — the theory inside every -O2 flag — and the first woman to win the Turing Award.

Pioneered optimizing compilation at IBM — the 'father/mother of the compiler' — and led the PTRAN project.\n\nFirst woman Turing Award (2006); the parallel-optimizing-compiler theory is hers.

Sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Allen
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_E._Allen