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Re: programming language names

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From: Karl Heuer
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 1991 05:18
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In <14834@goofy.megatest.UUCP> djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) writes:
>Pascal of course is "Pascal".  It's a man's name, so it's not all caps.

Oh...then it *isn't* an acronym for Pasadena, California.

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Subject: Re: programming language names
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