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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education |
| Date | 2016-07-03 12:52 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <ln7fd2o5xw.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
> On Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 6:38:40 PM UTC+1, Charles Richmond wrote:
>> "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:nl966b$c57$1@dont-email.me...
>> > I was told that DMR' thesis was in "recursive functions". Now I've
>> > always assumed maybe being wrong that back then this may have been a
>> > mathematics recursive functions and he was a Mathematician. Does anyone
>> > know if his PhD was mathematics or computer science?
>> >
>>
>> Dennis Ritchie, *not* Denis Ritchie ...
>>
> I believe he spelt it "Dennis". But the name is actually "Dionysius",
> from the god of wine. That's what he would have been called when
> he received his degree, at least at Oxford, I imagine the American
> Ivy Leagues follow the same convention.
If that's a joke, I don't get it. If it's not a joke, citation needed.
(Yes, the name Dennis apparently is derived from Dionysius. That
doesn't mean Dionysius is "actually" Dennis Ritchie's name.)p
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[OT] Denis Ritchie Education "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2016-07-02 15:54 -0400
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-07-02 14:20 -0700
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-02 14:42 -0700
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-07-02 17:43 -0400
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-07-03 00:40 +0100
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2016-07-03 17:06 -0400
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-07-03 12:38 -0500
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-07-03 10:54 -0700
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-07-03 12:52 -0700
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 21:34 +0100
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2016-07-03 17:09 -0400
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Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-07-04 16:09 -0700
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Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-04 20:30 -0400
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Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2016-08-01 19:52 +0100
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Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-08-01 16:38 -0600
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-08-01 15:56 -0700
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-08-01 17:41 -0600
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2016-08-02 06:22 +0100
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-08-01 16:48 -0700
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2016-08-02 06:27 +0100
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Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-08-02 11:15 -0600
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-02 19:37 +0100
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-08-02 12:08 -0700
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-02 22:40 +0100
Re: [OT] Denis Ritchie Education Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-08-03 06:57 -0700
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