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From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng)
Newsgroups: net.cse
Subject: Re: Soviet Computer Science?
Message-ID: <309@argus.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Jul-86 21:29:14 EDT
Article-I.D.: argus.309
Posted: Tue Jul  8 21:29:14 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jul-86 06:38:21 EDT
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In article <359@nike.UUCP>, watson@nike.UUCP (John S. Watson) writes:
> Being a curious soul I've often wonder what computer language (systems)
> is used by a typical Soviet computer scientist.   
> 
> I've always imagened that Vlad to be using somekind of FORTRAN IV with
> all the N's upside-down and backwards. 
> 
> Do they have and an equivalent UNIX and C over there?   CCCP UUCP? 

Of course this is only one person, but a person who used to work here
had just came from the Soviet Union, and she was quite knowledgeable
in 360 assembler and Fortran.  Obviously they have the equivalent of
IBM over there.

> John S. Watson
> NASA Ames Research Center

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