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For #AdaLovelaceDay21, a long thread on Klári Dan von Neumann, writer of the first truly useful, complex programs ever to have been executed on a modern computer and to my mind, the most overlooked person in the history of computing 1/ 
Klári was born 110 years ago to a wealthy Jewish family in sparkling Belle Époque Budapest. The family hosted riotous parties where businessmen and politicians rubbed shoulders with artists and writers. She would rekindle the spirit of those gatherings in America years later 2/
Klári first met John von Neumann on the Riviera in Monte Carlo in the early 1930s. The Hungarian mathematical genius had a ‘system’. When he ran out of money, she bought him a drink. They were married in 1938. She was his second wife. He was her third husband 3/
This little girl had an accident. Whilst riding a rusty old hand-me-down bicycle, she wasn’t strong enough or coordinated enough when going down a hill too fast. She fell off and landed on her face.
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She knew she lacked coordination. She couldn’t throw or catch a ball very well. She was a slow runner and rubbish at sports. Her muscles were weak and often ached. She was always the last to be picked during PE lessons. She had to stop gymnastics due to random knee dislocations.
She got back on the bike. She kept trying until she found her confidence. When she realised that she enjoyed swimming, roller-skating, ice-skating, dancing (and later, nightclubbing) more than cycling, she chose to do what made her happier. The random knee dislocations continued.
