Timeline for Who first chose the names Alice and Bob for players A and B?
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| Jul 16, 2018 at 22:03 | comment | added | Morteza Azad | @GerryMyerson (+1) Hahaha...cool! ;-P Let me use the opportunity to point out to Alice's Adventures in Numberland, the blog that I like and read occadionally. No need to say that I am personally a great fan of puns and all manners of word games. It seems Alice Silverberg also has such a good sense of humor. | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 21:27 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | So I guess it's not in honor of Alice Silverberg and Bob Silverman. | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 15:44 | comment | added | Gérard Lang | And also thank you Michael Greinecker for the so interesting observation ! | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 15:43 | comment | added | Gérard Lang | Thank you Morteza Azad for the convincing answer and the reference to your recent related question. | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 15:39 | vote | accept | Gérard Lang | ||
| Jul 16, 2018 at 15:26 | comment | added | Morteza Azad | @MichaelGreinecker (+1) Interesting observation, Michael! The date proximity between paper and film supports your claim! :-) | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 15:22 | comment | added | Michael Greinecker | It might have been inspired by the 1969 film [Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice](Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice), which led to these names being utilized in [earlier work. | |
| Jul 16, 2018 at 15:07 | history | edited | Morteza Azad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 16, 2018 at 15:00 | history | answered | Morteza Azad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |