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Jean E. Sammet, a Common card
Jean E. Sammet was an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language in 1962.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 106
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,200
Power 106 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Jean E. Sammet quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jean E. Sammet card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She received an ______ D.Sc. from Mount Holyoke College in 1978.
Answer
honorary. She received an honorary D.Sc. from Mount Holyoke College in 1978. From the Jean E. Sammet article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Jean E. Sammet was an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language in ____.
Answer
1960s. Jean E. Sammet was an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language in 1962. From the Jean E. Sammet article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jean E. Sammet. Jean E. Sammet 63 · Bombardment of Algiers 60 · POM-2 mine 55 · T75 pistol 52 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- She was also one of the developers of the influential COBOL programming language.
- She received her B.A. in mathematics from Mount Holyoke College in 1948 and her M.A. in mathematics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1949.
- She received an honorary D.Sc. from Mount Holyoke College in 1978.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jean E. Sammet article was read about 6,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Jean E. Sammet
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jean E. Sammet (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ben Shneiderman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
