Grace Hopper - Programming joke

Apr 18, 2025 7:13 PM

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Light travels 1 foot in 1 nanosecond.

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UnitConversionBot

1 foot ≈ 30 centimetres

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Drakesfear

Am I missing the joke? Sounds like I was given a fact

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ChromaticPassingTone

She used lengths of string as a visual aid to describe how far light travels in one nanosecond. It was used to reinforce why computers should be small to remain fast.

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