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by velominati 922 days ago
“ It is named after one of its developers, Dick Pick.[2][3]” you can’t make this stuff up!
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firebaze 922 days ago
I know, not reddit, but I simply can't resist:

> Pick was originally implemented as the Generalized Information Retrieval Language System (GIRLS) on an IBM System/360 in 1965 by Don Nelson and Dick Pick [...]

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Zecc 922 days ago
I'm sad hearing Dick Pick died aged 54 of stroke complications.
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addandsubtract 922 days ago
That's Richard A "Dick" Pick. Show some respect.
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