- cross-posted to:
- chapotraphouse
- cross-posted to:
- chapotraphouse
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3062545
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You're telling me that Pythagoras Theorem are invented by none other than John Theorem? You want me to believe that?
As always, relevant Wikipedia links:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khwarizmi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm
It's even better when you break the name down kwarizam is where he's from and Muhammad is a common first name. It's like saying Johnny English (or may be Jean Francois) invented calculus in 10-diggity-dig
literally completely accurate
I'm consistently saddened by the changing state of the English language 😔
When I was a little child I was sad German isn't the common language ("how great would it be if everyone in the world knew this beautiful language!"). While growing up I completely shifted towards being glad it isn't German, I wouldn't want that to happen to my language.
I always thought that the guy who invented the Internet created the first one. That's why they're called Al Gore-isms, no?
So he translated the work of Indian mathematicians and got all the credit? Sounds legit.
Good scientists copy, great scientists steal.
Just ask
TeslaEdison!
I thought the boss that came after Knuth was John Conway, due to Knuth's up-arrows vs Conway's chained arrows.
