[TUHS] In some cults...

[Ken Thompson]

dam wright

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM John P. Linderman <jpl.jpl at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM G. Branden Robinson <
> g.branden.robinson at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> At 2025-02-11T11:05:25-0500, Norman Wilson wrote:
>> > John P. Linderman (not the JPL in Altadena):
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>> >   On a faux-cultural note, Arthur C Clark wrote the "Nine Billion
>> >   Names of God" in the 50s.
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>> > ===
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>> > Ken wishes he'd spelled it Clarke, as the author did.
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>> So you're saying "Clarke" is like "create()"...
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>> I surmis that Ken was on a wortwhil cours to mak the English languag
>> simpl.  W should declin to writ the ultimat "e" in a word everywher
>> possibl.
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>> Regards,
>> Branden
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> The e was not only silent, it was invisible. Except to those who are
> exceptionally ... -- jpl
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