> I have Erdos number 2, and Charles is the only > other Erdos 2 holder that I know.
Eugene, don't you know me? Also, someone who lives in your neighborhood also is Erdos 2. He goes by the name Donald Knuth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Erd%C5%91s_number_2 ----- Original Message ----- From: Eugene McDonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, January 6, 2007 2:31 pm Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Dyadic Transpose > > On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:28 PM, Roger Hui wrote: > > > Dyadic transpose has been famously inscrutable > > since the days of APL\360. > > > > Just the other day Jeanne and I were invited to Charles Brenner's > home in Oakland, and I am reminded that he was the author of the > first dyadic transpose. First he wrote a high-level APL model, > next > an assembly-language level APL model, and finally the 360 assembly > > language version. Somewhere I have a printout of these. > > I have Erdos number 2, and Charles is the only other Erdos 2 > holder > that I know. > > Charles is a Stanford graduate, as are Larry Breed and Roger > Moore. > He spent some years in England, supporting himself by playing in > bridge games for money. We were both in the Iverson group at IBM > Research. He visited Jeanne and me in Media, Pennsylvania when I > worked in the APL group there (1971-74). He played his violin when > he > visited us. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
