Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/23/84; site ucbcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!harvard!wjh12!genrad!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!faustus From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Re: REAL PROGRAMMERS Message-ID: <2709@ucbcad.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Sep-84 17:27:39 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbcad.2709 Posted: Mon Sep 24 17:27:39 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Sep-84 04:16:37 EDT References: <2488@pesnta.UUCP> <9800017@acf4.UUCP> Organization: UC Berkeley CAD Group, Berkeley, CA Lines: 7 The joke about Wirth is as follows: The name 'Nicholas Wirth' is actually a German name (don't complain if I'm wrong...), and as such the proper pronunciation is 'Niklaus Virt'. However, English speakers, not aware of this, tend to pronounce it 'Nickles Worth'. In other words, Germans call him by name, and English-speakers call him by value. Wayne