Re:Ruby 3.2.0 Is from Another Dimension
by jacquesm on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:54AM
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The Python core team early on was part of the scientific community. GvR worked at CWI (Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica), which was a part of the particle accelerator installation that Amsterdam had once upon a time until most such research went to Switzerland and the USA. CWI has, together with NikHef (the Dutch Nuclear Phyiscs Institute) done a lot of ground breaking research over the years and was the cradle of quite a few spin-off projects.
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Oh, I didn't realized until now that Guido worked there.
So we got at least two major contributions from the CWI. One is Python and the other one is the game of Hack. :)
Re:Ruby 3.2.0 Is from Another Dimension
by jacquesm on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @10:06AM
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There are many more:
The father of A*:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra%27s_algorithm
ALGOL 60 and ALGOL 68
First node on the Internet outside of the USA
Python
Various contributions to the improvement of encryption.
CWI has a long, long history of quietly contributing to all kinds of stuff the world over and has a pretty good reputation.