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From: Invisible
Date: 7 Oct 2009 04:19:14
Message: <4acc4f02@news.povray.org>
>> Dikjstra's shunting algorithm
> 
> Why don't you learn that Dijkstra is with an 'ij' that is a single vowel 
> in Dutch and actually should be a ligature in print, but this is just 
> another example of how the Americans have destroyed a culture.

...he was Dutch?

Well, THAT explains why the hell I can't even say his name out loud, 
never mind spell it. :-P

Apparently he was quite clever though. I only know about him because he 
apparently invented an algorithm for turning a series of expression 
tokens into an actual expression tree...


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