Re: Authors' Initials in Program Names

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From: dw... david.e.wexelblat
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 1990 20:01

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In article <1990Oct1.1...@mozart.amd.com>, mon...@diablo.amd.com (Steve Monson) writes:
> In article <1990Sep2...@axion.bt.co.uk> PK...@axion.bt.co.uk writes:
> >
> >jove	Jonathon's Own Version of Emacs
> >twm	Tom's window manager (?)
> 
> pbasic
> pdos
> 

This actually fits two threads -- the one in the subject line, and the
one about programming language names.  One of the best language names
was JOVIAL -- Jule's Own Version of IAL (International? Algebraic Language).


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Subject: Re: Authors' Initials in Program Names
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