From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2004-11-17T08:23:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Talk about mainstream...

On Wednesday, November 17, 2004, 8:23:17 AM, Phil wrote:

> 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?)

University Challenge was broadcast in Australia many years ago (I'm
pretty sure it was the English version), and was the basis of a
hilarious The Young Ones scene in the early 80s.  So whether it's
popular or not, it's long-lived.  I'm certainly surprised to hear
about it again.

Gavin