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  3.     by baskerville.CS.Arizona.EDU (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id IAA17496
  4.     for icon-group-addresses; Wed, 31 May 2000 08:38:33 -0700 (MST)
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  6. Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 06:49:35 -0700
  7. From: Steve Wampler <swampler@noao.edu>
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  9. To: icon-group <icon-group@optima.CS.Arizona.EDU>
  10. Subject: Re: coexpression history
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  14.  
  15. Bob Ardler wrote:
  16. > 
  17. > Did the word 'coexpression' or the associated idea originate with icon?
  18. > Or is it a high school computer science thing?
  19.  
  20. The word originated with Icon.  The associated idea grew out of talks
  21. between Ralph and me but has roots in several places, with the two
  22. most prominent ones being the general concept of coroutines (several
  23. languages) and a feature found in the pattern matching language that
  24. is embedded in SNOBOL4.
  25.  
  26. --
  27. Steve Wampler-  SOLIS Project, National Solar Observatory
  28. swampler@noao.edu
  29.