Re: [boost] Bill/PJ (was: Dinkumware's Abridged C++ library)

From: Greg Colvin (gcolvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-01 17:30:03

From: Jim.Hyslop <jim.hyslop_at_[hidden]>
> Greg Colvin [SMTP:gcolvin_at_[hidden]] wrote:
> > Bill Plauger and P.J.Plauger are the same person.  It's a
> > long story that I've only heard third-hand, so don't ask.
> Well, the version I got from "the horse's mouth" wasn't that long.
> Basically, some of his family really wanted to call him Bill. Others really
> wanted to call him P.J. (I don't recall if P.J. stands for anything). He was
> officially named P.J., but enough people called him "Bill" that it stuck.
> 
> Sorry if I've just deconstructed some mythos ;-)

No, that's close enough to what I've heard.