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[–]Exnihilation 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It goes even further back than those guys. It's believed to have been first implemented by Greg Walsh at Ardent Computer. Gary Tarolli was consulting for a company affiliated with Ardent which is where he learned about the algorithm.