johnny ⚡

> [...] so the original title of this paper was The Albanian Generals Problem.  Jack Goldberg was smart enough to realize that there were Albanians in the world outside Albania, and Albania might not always be a black hole, so he suggested that I find another name.

Sources:

Paper "The Byzantine Generals Problem" (1982): lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/byz.pdf

Comment from Lamport about the naming: research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/peopl…

Image: chat-gpt trying to visualize the Albanian Generals problem.. 😉

TIL that Leslie Lamport (the inventor of the quantum resistent Lamport signature scheme) not only also invented LaTeX but also coined the name "The Byzantine Generals Problem" (in 1982).

(Initially he intended to name it " The Albanian Generals Problem".) 😄

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