Kathleen Booth in Memory of Legends
Kathleen Booth & Pyronome
Originally computer programs were written in machine code, a sequence of ones, and zeros. In 1950, Kathleen Booth invented Assembly Language, making it easier to code and maintain the computer programs. Assembly code blocks will then be converted into machine code by the assembler. Assembly Language made it possible to invent C Language. C Language made it possible to code operating systems such as Unix, Windows, Linux, OSX, etc.
If you can find a way to transform a real-life system into computer code, you can use the computer’s abilities to enhance this real-life system. In the early days of Pyronome, this idea led us to ask the question, “Can computers code?”, employing the same approach in the opposite angle.
Kathleen Booth
Kathleen Booth wrote the first assembly language and designed the assembler and autocode for the first computer systems at Birkbeck College, University of London. She helped design three different machines including the ARC (Automatic Relay Calculator), SEC (Simple Electronic Computer), and APE(X)C.
Quick Facts
BORN
1922 (age 98)
Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England
SUBJECTS OF STUDY
Computer Science
