Re: Re[2]: Education (was RPG Trivia) -- MIDRANGE-L

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MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com writes:
>     When I was in college (1991-1995), all programming classes began
>with 
>     the evolution of the language, how they got their names, and who the 
>     key players were that "thunk" them up...
>     
>     COBOL - Grace Hopper
>     BASIC - some guys named Kimmeny and Kurtz

        That's Tom Kurtz, professor at Dartmouth College (my cousin is married 
to
him).
        I don't know the other person.
>
>     Pascal - Nicklaus Werth
>     Modula/2 - Nicklaus Werth
>     Ada - named for Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer
>     
>     Todd


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