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From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Niklaus Wirth
Message-ID: <1255@pucc-h>
Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 03:59:30 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 25 03:59:30 1984
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> Now, does anyone have the Wirth joke about pascal, you know, the one
> that talks about how some people pronounce his name ""virth"", some
> ""worth"".... etch, etc?????

(Approximate rendition from memory)

Niklaus Wirth complains that, while Europeans pronounce his name
"Neek-lous Virt", Americans mangle it into "Nick-les Worth".  This just
shows that Europeans call him by name, while Americans call him by value....

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