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From: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.wanted
Subject: Re: Question for Freeware authors
Message-ID: <439@timeinc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 19:42:41 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 20 19:42:41 1985
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Summary: 

In article <651@brl-tgr.ARPA> ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) writes:
>
>It's this reasoning that keeps us measuring frequency in Hertz and
>conductivity in Siemenns.   Next thing, we'll have to start calling
>the C compiler "Ritchie."
>

And I suppose you never heard of a "mho"? :-)

Calling the C compiler Ritchie might have some problems:

"Hi, dear.  How was your day at the office?"
"Hi, hon! Not too bad, except the damned Ritchie ended up not being
 portable.  I sure wish it was a Flugelware product...."


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