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From: Wes Groleau <wwgrol@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>
Subject: Re: Simple algorithmic question I hope :-)
Date: 1999/11/02
Date: 1999-11-02T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <381F1062.A564DAFD@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3819B903.869AE362@lanl.gov


> ..... Under this standard pronouncable acronyms have an initial
> capital, but the rest lower case, and unpronounceable ones all caps.

But what puzzles me is why some (not all) make a point of writing
"Fortran," yet continue to also write "COBOL"  One such person has even
lectured us on the "pronounceable" rule.  :-)




  parent reply	other threads:[~1999-11-02  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-10-24  0:00 Simple algorithmic question I hope :-) SPick60809
1999-10-24  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-25  0:00   ` SPick60809
1999-10-25  0:00     ` Ted Dennison
1999-10-25  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
1999-10-26  0:00         ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-10-26  0:00           ` Ted Dennison
1999-10-26  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-26  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-26  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-26  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-28  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
1999-10-26  0:00         ` Aidan Skinner
1999-10-28  0:00           ` Ted Dennison
1999-10-28  0:00             ` Nick Roberts
1999-10-29  0:00               ` Ted Dennison
1999-10-29  0:00                 ` David Starner
1999-10-29  0:00                 ` William B. Clodius
1999-10-30  0:00                   ` Simon Wright
1999-11-03  0:00                     ` William B. Clodius
1999-11-02  0:00                   ` Wes Groleau [this message]
1999-11-02  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-03  0:00                       ` Wes Groleau
1999-10-31  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-28  0:00             ` Gautier
1999-10-31  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-31  0:00               ` Richard D Riehle
1999-10-31  0:00               ` David Starner
1999-11-01  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-03  0:00                   ` William B. Clodius
1999-10-24  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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