From: gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
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Subject: Re: Ring 0?
Date: 9 Mar 1997 15:27:27 GMT
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Gurunandan R. Bhat (grbhat AT unigoa DOT ernet DOT in) wrote:

: On 9 Mar 1997, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

: > OK...why do they call it "ring" then? Does it refer to a ring like
: > circular data structure or something else?

: check out j.r.r. tolkien's "lord of the rings". you'll find the answer there.

Isn't that 'One ring to rule them all...', not 'Zero-ring to rule 
them all'? :) Or are you referring to something else?

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George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford.