COPL, the Tandem, PLITS and JAVA (WAS Re: Eppur si sugat)

[Robert Virding]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Armstrong" <joe@REDACTED>
To: "Peter-Henry Mander" <erlang@REDACTED>
Cc: "Chris Pressey" <cpressey@REDACTED>; <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:11 AM
Subject: COPL, the Tandem, PLITS and JAVA (WAS Re: Eppur si sugat)


> On Wed, 28 May 2003, Peter-Henry Mander wrote:
>
> > A bit of dictionary hacking leads me to believe joe was alluding to
> > Galilei; 'Eppur si muove' 'Still the Earth moves'
> >
> > "And yet it still sucks!" == Eppur si sugat
>
> Right on - I had great trouble with this.
>
> It turns out (According to one source) that "Eppur si mnove" is not
> good 'ol Latin but is 15'th century Florentine Italian - I cannot confirm
this
> (Francisco - help!!!!)

Of course it was Italian, thats what the books say! I thought everyone knew
that. :-)

Robert