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The article contradicts you: "Van Wijngaarden introduced Wirth on stage at the International Federation for Information Processing congress in 1965. He made a j
by timbit42 3y ago
The article contradicts you: "Van Wijngaarden introduced Wirth on stage at the International Federation for Information Processing congress in 1965. He made a joke which became famous:
Whereas Europeans generally pronounce his name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call him by name, but Americans call him by value."