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Dave Thomas

11/16/2004 4:18:00 PM

I'm sitting in a hotel room in England, trying to stay awake, watching
University Challenge on TV. During a round of computing questions, the
presenter asked:

"Which programming language was named after a precious stone by its
creator, Yukihiro Matsumoto, to suggest it is a jewel of a language?"

The team answered Perl. Cambridge folk - go figure.

Anyway, I guess we're mainstream :)


Cheers

Dave
7 Answers

Gyoung-Yoon Noh

11/16/2004 8:42:00 PM

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It's great! I hope so.

Perl is not a 'pearl', /pea?rl/ bless Ruby!

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ptkwt

11/16/2004 9:00:00 PM

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In article <BF5C9D35-37EA-11D9-B0E2-000A95676A62@pragprog.com>,
Dave Thomas <dave@pragprog.com> wrote:
>I'm sitting in a hotel room in England, trying to stay awake, watching
>University Challenge on TV. During a round of computing questions, the
>presenter asked:
>
>"Which programming language was named after a precious stone by its
>creator, Yukihiro Matsumoto, to suggest it is a jewel of a language?"
>
>The team answered Perl. Cambridge folk - go figure.
>
>Anyway, I guess we're mainstream :)
>

Wow. So is this a popular game-show in England? (something like Jeapordy
here in the US?)

Phil

Gavin Sinclair

11/16/2004 11:23:00 PM

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On Wednesday, November 17, 2004, 8:23:17 AM, Phil wrote:

> In article <BF5C9D35-37EA-11D9-B0E2-000A95676A62@pragprog.com>,
> Dave Thomas <dave@pragprog.com> wrote:
>>I'm sitting in a hotel room in England, trying to stay awake, watching
>>University Challenge on TV. During a round of computing questions, the
>>presenter asked:
>>
>>"Which programming language was named after a precious stone by its
>>creator, Yukihiro Matsumoto, to suggest it is a jewel of a language?"
>>
>>The team answered Perl. Cambridge folk - go figure.
>>
>>Anyway, I guess we're mainstream :)
>>

> Wow. So is this a popular game-show in England? (something like Jeapordy
> here in the US?)

University Challenge was broadcast in Australia many years ago (I'm
pretty sure it was the English version), and was the basis of a
hilarious The Young Ones scene in the early 80s. So whether it's
popular or not, it's long-lived. I'm certainly surprised to hear
about it again.

Gavin

Scott Parkerson

11/17/2004 1:23:00 AM

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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:23:28 +0900, Gavin Sinclair
<gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> wrote:

> University Challenge was broadcast in Australia many years ago (I'm
> pretty sure it was the English version), and was the basis of a
> hilarious The Young Ones scene in the early 80s.

"And now, the final question: 'Who has been messing with my questions?'"

You have *got* to love The Young Ones.

--sgp

Robert McGovern

11/17/2004 1:52:00 AM

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> University Challenge was broadcast in Australia many years ago (I'm
> pretty sure it was the English version), and was the basis of a
> hilarious The Young Ones scene in the early 80s. So whether it's
> popular or not, it's long-lived. I'm certainly surprised to hear
> about it again.

It had died for years, I think in the late 80's to early 90's, and
came back a few years ago with a new host, Jeremy Paxman who used to
host BBC2's Newsnight news program. I don't know if he is still the
current host though.

Anyone with a TV know?

Rob

Ibraheem Umaru-Mohammed

11/17/2004 12:04:00 PM

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On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 10:51 +0900, Robert McGovern wrote:
> > University Challenge was broadcast in Australia many years ago (I'm
> > pretty sure it was the English version), and was the basis of a
> > hilarious The Young Ones scene in the early 80s. So whether it's
> > popular or not, it's long-lived. I'm certainly surprised to hear
> > about it again.
>
> It had died for years, I think in the late 80's to early 90's, and
> came back a few years ago with a new host, Jeremy Paxman who used to
> host BBC2's Newsnight news program. I don't know if he is still the
> current host though.
>
> Anyone with a TV know?
>

He does indeed still present Newsnight. Along with Gavin Esler and
Kirsty Wark. You can catch highlights, and even watch the latest show
from the website, http://www.bbc.co.uk... .

Cheers,

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Robert McGovern

11/18/2004 1:44:00 PM

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> He does indeed still present Newsnight. Along with Gavin Esler and
> Kirsty Wark. You can catch highlights, and even watch the latest show
> from the website, http://www.bbc.co.uk... .

Aha, excellent news. Thank you!

Rob