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- From: mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Reasons for using C vs. Fortran or vic
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.124017.6559@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 12:40:17 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.205823.13951@u.washington.edu> <1992Nov15.204958.21224@csservices.Princeton.EDU>
- Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines
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- In article <1992Nov15.204958.21224@csservices.Princeton.EDU>, blume@tyrolia.Princeton.EDU (Matthias Blume) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov15.201555.20678@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>,
- > mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) writes:
- >> der Mouse
- > BTW, what does ``der'' mean? If it is intended to resemble the
- > german phrase for ``the mouse'', then it should be ``die Maus''... :)
-
- Periodically German-speakers point this out. I no longer remember the
- origin of the name in any detail (it's some fifteen years old). While
- I think the "der" probably comes from German by some (probably
- roundabout) route, the phrase is not supposed to be German.
-
- der Mouse
-
- mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu
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