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As appeared in the October 1986 issue of Chips, a Department of the Navy information technology magazine
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I've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege and honor of serving very proudly in the United States Navy.

— Grace Hopper

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege and honor of serving very proudly in the United States Navy." in the context of "As appeared in the October 1986 issue of Chips, a Department of the Navy information technology magazine" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Grace Hopper

About Grace Hopper

Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (9 December 1906 – 1 January 1992) was a U.S. Naval officer, and an early computer programmer. She was the developer of the first compiler for a computer programming language; at the end of her service she was the oldest serving officer in the United States Navy.