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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Formal definitions (Re: ada-c++ productivity)
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Date: 19 Apr 91 09:09:43 GMT
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In article <51179@nigel.ee.udel.edu> new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) writes:
> >:Because "math" means "formal."  (I think the word "math" comes from
> >:the name of the Arabic person who invented math, or something like that.)
> >You're probably thinking of "algorithm".  
> Actually, having found the door on which the original tidbit was taped,
> I meant "algebra" which derives from "Al Jabar".        -- Darren

``Algorithm'' also comes from an Arabic name. Naturally, both of these
biographical tidbits may be found in Knuth.

---Dan