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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
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Subject: Re: REAL PROGRAMMERS
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Date: Sun, 23-Sep-84 10:40:42 EDT
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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?????

The joke that Wirth told on himself was that the Europeans call him
by name, and the Americans call him by value.  Think about it.  His full
name is Niklaus Wirth.

-- 
"Biblical signoffs are for the smug."

	Bill Jefferys  8-%
	Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712   (USnail)
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