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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: Dennis Ritchie
From:       Marc Espie <espie () nerim ! net>
Date:       2011-11-25 13:48:11
Message-ID: 20111125134811.GA2065 () lain ! home
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 03:54:19AM +0100, Thomas de Grivel wrote:
> On 10/14/11 03:22, Tito Mari Francis Escaqo wrote:
> >Dennis Ritchie should be the patron saint of software development and
> >engineering. :)
> 
> No matter how disgusting the notion of patron is to me, I feel Ada
> Lovelace would have to be considered too. She's not as freshly dead
> but is Den's father too. This is to put an end to the Jobs / Ritchie
> mise en abime.

Generally spelled "mise en abyme" in that expression.

Isn't language quirky ?

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