Re:Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
by moomin on Thursday October 14, 2021 @01:02PM
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Why am I not surprised it was Richard Parkin?
Charles Lang, is of course, a good candidate for "Archimedes" but I'm suspecting it may be David Wheeler, an incredible polymath that seemed to be beyond the cutting edge on every frontier of computer science for his entire career.
Re:Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
by bitwize on Thursday October 14, 2021 @02:54PM
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Apparently (per a comment in the article) Parkins was a member of a group called the Archimedeans and "Archimedes" is a composite character representing questions asked or points raised by his fellow Archimedeans.
Charles Lang, is of course, a good candidate for "Archimedes" but I'm suspecting it may be David Wheeler, an incredible polymath that seemed to be beyond the cutting edge on every frontier of computer science for his entire career.