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I seem to recall that the name came from a computer instruction, {{wp|tsort (Unix)|"tsort"}}. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 23:17, 26 June 2013 (GMT) | I seem to recall that the name came from a computer instruction, {{wp|tsort (Unix)|"tsort"}}. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 23:17, 26 June 2013 (GMT) | ||
Interesting! [http://iheartquotes.com/fortune/show/tsorts_constant_ tsort's constant] | |||
Must explain why it also appears here on Linux Quotes:- | |||
[http://motd.ambians.com/quotes.php/name/linux_definitions/toc_id/1-1-6/s/1032 linux Definitiions] | |||
I was amused a Pratchettism seemed to be entering general use, but perhaps it predates Terry! [[User:AgProv|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv|talk]]) 23:43, 26 June 2013 (GMT) | |||
:The procedure seems to be obsolete since ca. 1980. Maybe TP appropriated it for an obsolete empire. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 22:24, 2 April 2017 (UTC) | |||
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I seem to recall that the name came from a computer instruction, "tsort". --Old Dickens (talk) 23:17, 26 June 2013 (GMT)
Interesting! tsort's constant
Must explain why it also appears here on Linux Quotes:-
I was amused a Pratchettism seemed to be entering general use, but perhaps it predates Terry! AgProv (talk) 23:43, 26 June 2013 (GMT)
- The procedure seems to be obsolete since ca. 1980. Maybe TP appropriated it for an obsolete empire. --Old Dickens (talk) 22:24, 2 April 2017 (UTC)