Interesting bit of trivia, Prof. Ratzer, the author of this piece, was the first graduate student in computing at McGill University [1] and one of the founding members of the School of Computer Science [2], which just recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. [3]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGill_University_School_of_Co...

[2]: https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~ratzer/backup/welcome.html

[3]: https://mcgill.imodules.com/controls/email_marketing/view_in...