lies about OOP
Martijn Faassen
faassen at infrae.com
Thu Dec 16 05:58:15 EST 2004
Peter Hansen wrote:
> Martijn Faassen wrote:
>
>> Peter Hansen wrote:
>>
>>> Well, in any case, thanks for setting the record straight, Martjin.
>>
>> That of course also happens to me once every while. I can take care of
>> myself though -- Dijkstra however needs an advocate for the correct
>> spelling of his name in this earthly realm.
>
>
> Then there's us Danes, with "sen" instead of "son" (as many people
> think it ought to be). And I can't even claim the wrong form
> sounds noticably different, making any defense seem petty.
Obviously -sen is the only real suffix, as it's -sen in Dutch as well,
as in Faas-sen. :)
> (Darn those Norwegians, influencing people's ideas of how a
> name like Hansen ought to be spelled, grumble, grumble.
> If they'd just invent a cell phone that used Python, as the
> Swedish have, they might deserve all that extra attention.)
>
> ;-)
That's not the Swedes, it's the Finnish that did that. They typically
don't like being mistaken for Swedes. :)
Regards,
Martijn
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