Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!husc6!bunny!abh0 From: abh0@GTE.COM (Andrew Hudson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: UNIX history made easy Message-ID: <7619@bunny.GTE.COM> Date: 10 Oct 89 17:00:48 GMT References: <20226@usc.edu> <17085@rpp386.cactus.org> <1858@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> <14920@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <1694@muffin.cme.nbs.gov> Reply-To: abh0@bunny.UUCP (Andrew Hudson) Organization: GTE Laboratories, Waltham, MA Lines: 21 In article <1694@muffin.cme.nbs.gov> libes@cme.nist.gov (Don Libes) writes: > >Seeing as how Thompson was awarded this most prestigious prize in >computer science during the time this person was a "highly respected >computer scientist", it is hard to understand how they wouldn't know >the name and the accomplishment associated with it. This is like a >physicist not being aware of a contemporary Nobel laureate in physics. > >Don Libes libes@cme.nist.gov ...!uunet!cme-durer!libes No, this is like a history-oriented physicist not being aware of a contemporary Nobel laureate in physics. I think that if you poll recent Computer Science graduates you will find very few who can identify 'highly prestigious' Computer Scientists. And this is more by their work than by their awards. - Andrew Hudson abh0@gte.com -- "I remember, darkness doubled, I recall, lightning struck itself."