Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.lang,net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: What's in a Name Message-ID: <962@opus.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 04:01:41 EST Article-I.D.: opus.962 Posted: Wed Nov 28 04:01:41 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 07:02:25 EST References: <117@decvax.UUCP> <467@utcsrgv.UUCP> <651@clyde.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 17 Xref: godot net.lang:429 net.religion.jewish:845 > > From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) > > "Mary" is not entirely unknown as a Jewish name; my late > > grandmother's name was Mary (they lived in England, in . . . > . . . > Golly gee, wasn't the name of Jesus's mama Mary or Maria or > whatever is in question here? She would be considered Jewish, right? Now wait a minute! The programming language MARY was named by Mark Rain (according to Mark, anyway) and, as far as I can tell, has no religious leanings of any sort. It has some unusual operators and interesting coercions, though... Uh, by the way, perhaps you guys wanted net.nlang instead of net.lang? -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Reality? Gad, that's worse than puberty!