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bdcs on Aug 1, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Paul Graham on SICP (2000)

Hmm, I'm out of the loop. Is pg referring to et. al.? As in `and others` (et alia/alii/aliae)?

stan_rogers on Aug 1, 2018 [–]

Yes. Exactly that. In a short (bibliography or card catalogue) listing, SICP would have been by Abelson et al.

rhaps0dy on Aug 2, 2018 | [–]

I did get that, but why is asking the undergrads "who is al" a joke?

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