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On 4/22/2010 4:59 AM, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
> In<4bcfaa84$0$895$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net>, on 04/22/2010
>     at 11:39 AM, "robin"<robin51@dodo.com.au>  said:
>
>> You're wrong on both counts.
>
>   1. You have not addressed the question of whether Algol was used
>      to develop algorithms. Even had you *shown* that other languages
>      had been used earlier or more often, that would have not addrssed
>      the issue in dispute.
>
>   2. You cited a book describing multiple algorithms; you refused to
>      identify specific algorithms about which you were making claims.
>
>   3. You profused to show that the unspecified algorithms about which
>      you made claims had not already been in use.
>
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