Talk:Tsort's Constant

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I seem to recall that the name came from a computer instruction, "tsort". --Old Dickens (talk) 23:17, 26 June 2013 (GMT)

Interesting! tsort's constant

Must explain why it also appears here on Linux Quotes:-

linux Definitiions

I was amused a Pratchettism seemed to be entering general use, but perhaps it predates Terry! AgProv (talk) 23:43, 26 June 2013 (GMT)

The procedure seems to be obsolete since ca. 1980. Maybe TP appropriated it for an obsolete empire. --Old Dickens (talk) 22:24, 2 April 2017 (UTC)