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From: diamant@cwruecmp.UUCP (John Diamant)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Niklaus Wirth Pascal Joke
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Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 03:38:01 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 25 03:38:01 1984
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The way the Wirth joke goes, as I remember it is:

When someone asks Niklaus Wirth how his name should be pronounced, he says,
"You can call me by name Wirth (pronounced Veert), or you can call me by
value, Wirth (pronounced Worth)."


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