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Re:Ruby 3.2.0 Is from Another Dimension by bhaak on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @09:22AM (#34245770)
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. :)

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Re:Ruby 3.2.0 Is from Another Dimension by jacquesm on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @10:06AM (#34246316)
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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_60

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