>From my experience in talking to Ken, I suspect he was referring not simply to >an office in the same building, floor or within the same area but that they >two shared the actual same office space and they probably would have taken >trouble to check the list - you should ask Fred about that. Donna [email protected]
On 2011-12-18, at 10:17 AM, Randy MacDonald wrote: > @Roger, > > Does amending so that it reads 'the only two non-joint Turing award > winners to share an office." make it true? > > Also, has Dr Brooks ever commented on the lack of "mainstream" > acceptance of APL? > > On 12/18/2011 3:48 AM, Roger Hui wrote: >> Good story. Thanks. >> >> I am skeptical about the following: >> >>> Among the many interesting comments and observations Dr. Brooks had >>> during the interview, one of my favorites was that he and Ken were >>> probably the only two Turing Award winners to ever share an office (Dr. >>> Brooks won the Turing Award in 1999). >> How does Brooks (or you) know that Newell and Simon (1975), or Thompson and >> Ritchie (1983), or any and all of the joint winners, never shared an office? >> >> > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > |\/| Randy A MacDonald | If the string is too tight, it will snap > |\\| [email protected]| If it is too loose, it won't play... > BSc(Math) UNBF '83 | APL: If you can say it, it's done. > Natural Born APL'er | I use Real J > Experimental webserver http://142.167.66.223/ (Dynamic IP) > ------------------------------------------------<-NTP>----{ gnat }- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
