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Article #3604Re: Formal definitions (Re: ada-c++ productivity)
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1991 09:09
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1991 09:09
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In article <51179@nigel.ee.udel.edu> new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) writes: > >:Because "math" means "formal." (I think the word "math" comes from > >:the name of the Arabic person who invented math, or something like that.) > >You're probably thinking of "algorithm". > Actually, having found the door on which the original tidbit was taped, > I meant "algebra" which derives from "Al Jabar". -- Darren ``Algorithm'' also comes from an Arabic name. Naturally, both of these biographical tidbits may be found in Knuth. ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!hsdndev!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Formal definitions (Re: ada-c++ productivity) Message-ID: <26118:Apr1909:09:4391@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 19 Apr 91 09:09:43 GMT References: <50570@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <757@cadlab.sublink.ORG> <51179@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Organization: IR Lines: 11