Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekchips.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekcrl!tekchips!toma From: toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy) Newsgroups: net.misc,net.wanted Subject: Re: Question for Freeware authors Message-ID: <127@tekchips.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 11:25:29 EDT Article-I.D.: tekchips.127 Posted: Thu Aug 22 11:25:29 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 01:42:12 EDT References: <873@wanginst.UUCP> <390@timeinc.UUCP> <181@tekig5.UUCP> <392@timeinc.UUCP> <651@brl-tgr.ARPA> <439@timeinc.UUCP> Reply-To: toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy) Distribution: net Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 25 Xref: watmath net.misc:8480 net.wanted:7030 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." Well, we already have "Ada" "Pascal", and "JOVIAL". But why not: Ritchie C Grace COBOL (sounds nice to be programming in Grace!) Mc(arthy LISP Wirth Modula II Moore Forth Watson PL-I (named for the monolith's founder) ... (I appologise if I omitted your favorite co-author or language. Off hand I cannot remember the names of the authors of SNOBOL or BASIC, although I have seen their names in print recently recently.) Tom Almy Tektronix, Inc. Disclaimer: The above comments do not represent the opinions of any person or organization, living or dead.