From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-11-17T06:23:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Talk about mainstream...

In article <BF5C9D35-37EA-11D9-B0E2-000A95676A62@pragprog.com>,
Dave Thomas  <dave@pragprog.com> wrote:
>I'm sitting in a hotel room in England, trying to stay awake, watching 
>University Challenge on TV. During a round of computing questions, the 
>presenter asked:
>
>"Which programming language was named after a precious stone by its 
>creator, Yukihiro Matsumoto, to suggest it is a jewel of a language?"
>
>The team answered Perl. Cambridge folk - go figure.
>
>Anyway, I guess we're mainstream :)
>

Wow.  So is this a popular game-show in England? (something like Jeapordy 
here in the US?)

Phil