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Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> writes:

> 	Implementing a known algorithm/recipe in a particular programming
> language doesn't earn any special credit. You would need to demonstrate
> that the language-independent algorithm itself is different to really
> gain credit.

I don't know: Austin did invent it, he just wasn't the first.