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Subject: Re: Alan Turing biography
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Date: Tue, 29-May-84 12:08:10 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 29 12:08:10 1984
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"why wasn't I told that Alan Turing was gay in class?"

Same reason I wasn't told that John von Neumann was straight in
class.

Actually, "information hiding" is one of the big catch phrases in the
new software engineering.  Turing's sexual preference must be the
information which your prof chose to hide.  All in the interest of
modularity and clarity, mind you.

I bought Hodges' Turing bio a few months ago.  Why haven't I read it
yet?  Must be my subconscious hatred/fear of gays.  Probably fear and
hatred of myself.  Then again, maybe I've just not gotten to it yet.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Masscomp Inc  Westford MA   (617) 692-6200 x274