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From: jons@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Jon Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: whom to blame for "paradigm"
Keywords: paradigm, blame
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Date: 7 Jun 90 20:15:55 GMT
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All right!  I think that it is important, from a justice standpoint. to
identify
who it was who popularized the word "paradigm" (pardon me!).  I was forced to
read it.  I was forced to look it up!  Now, I am even being forced to use it!
Enough is enough!

Does anybody out there have any idea of who first used paradigm whilst
speaking/writing computerese, and who actually was the one person who
popularized it?????

There will be a reward for the person who finds the earliest usage.
Citations required to be eligible.  Also, for those of you who think that
paradigm is a wonderful word, there will also be a prize for the best
flame about
people like me.

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