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Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by silicon2401 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @09:56AM (#24408379)
Just like Harry S Truman "Since the S did not stand for a name, Harry didn't use a period after it for most of his life."

https://www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com/key-west/president-tr...

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Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by trent_lott on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @10:16AM (#24408582)
Similarly Oppenheimer, of the Manhattan project

He thought assuming that leading J made him seem more posh and WASPy

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Re:A curated list of falsehoods programmers believe by pmiller2 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @03:25PM (#24412003)
Interesting story, but, unfortunately, it's not true. Wiki gives his full name as "Julius Robert Oppenheimer." Julius was apparently his father's name as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer

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