Olivier de Weck

“and she not only developed advanced code herself but also led a team in using that nascent technology to develop one of the most complex systems humanity had ever achieved.”

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De Weck continued describing Hamilton's contributions to the Apollo program's software.

“To say Margaret Hamilton was a pioneer — to say she was ahead of her time — would be a dramatic understatement,”

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Olivier de Weck spoke to MIT News about Margaret Hamilton's legacy after her death.

“She was a software engineer at a time when that field was in its infancy,”

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De Weck continued describing Hamilton's role in the early days of software engineering.