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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: Dennis Ritchie
From:       Thomas de Grivel <billitch () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-11-25 20:03:39
Message-ID: CAKW=yB+DBSVseyc5oDJwpEMwCAhEAOdzBQpaE-cXLioGUC82_w () mail ! gmail ! com
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2011/11/25 Marc Espie <espie@nerim.net>

> 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 ?
>
>
I guess we make the language as much as the inverse.

Casual trolling is such a nice way to learn these things =)

-- 
 Thomas de Grivel

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