[Solved]: Who are the legislators of Paxos?

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In the seminal distributed systems paper The Part Time Parliament (the Paxos protocol), Leslie Lamport names fictional legislators who are involved in the Paxon parliament protocol.

According to this writing, he notes that:

I gave the Greek legislators the names of computer scientists working in the field, transliterated with Guibas's help into a bogus Greek dialect.

Does anyone have any information on the scientists that the legislators are named after? A list of the legislators in the paper and the corresponding computer scientists would be the ideal answer.

I think the first legislator mentioned in the paper, "Λινχ∂", is named after Nancy Lynch since it could be pronounced as "Linch". Also, "Λεωνίδας Γκίμπας" from the bibliography is Leo Guibas. I'm completely lost as to who the others are.

Asked By : Jon Bringhurst

Answered By : GEL

This is an educated guess of the transliterated names I could find in the Paxos paper. Most of these are people mentioned in the paper's references.

• Λ˘ινχ∂: Lynch, N. - Legislator
• Φισ∂ερ: Fischer, M. J. - Legislator
• Tωυεγ: Toueg, S. - Legislator
• Ωκι: Oki, B. M. - Legislator
• ∆ωλεφ: Dolev, D. - Farmer
• Σκεεν: Skeen, M. D. - Merchant
• Στωκµε˘ιρ: Stockmeyer, L. - Legislator
• Στρωνγ: (Strong/Strang?) - Legislator
• ∆φωρκ: Dwork, C. - President
• ∆˘ικστρα: Dijkstra, E. W. - Cheese inspector
• Γωυδα: (Gouda) - Cheese inspector
• Φρανσεζ: Francez, N. - Wine taster
• Πνυeλ˘ι: Pnueli, A. - Wine taster
• Σ∂ν˘ιδερ: Schneider, F. B. - Citizen
• Γρεες: (Greece) - Citizen
• Λαµπσων: Lampson, B. - General
• Λισκωφ: Liskov, B. H. - Merchant
• Παρνας: Parnas, D. - Elder statesman
• Γρα˘ι: Gray, C. G. - Priest
• Λινσε˘ι: Lindsey, B. G. - Priest

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