Loup, This is not unique to the Haskell community. I suspect the arbitrary constant 42 has been appearing unexplained in research papers for as long as there have been computer scientists who were sci-fi geeks (absolutely no offense intended to geeks ;-). It would be very difficult indeed to figure out who did this first, without some highly dedicated library research.
Chris On Feb 1, 2008 9:03 AM, Loup Vaillant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have read quite a lot of Haskell papers, lately, and noticed that > the number 42 appeared quite often, in informal tutorials as well as > in very serious research papers. No wonder Haskell is the Answer to > The Great Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything, but I would > like to know who started this, and when. > > Google wasn't much help, and I can't believe it's coincidence --hence > this email. I hope I didn't opened some Pandora box. :-) > > Cheers, > Loup > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
