[comp.ai.digest] quote : attributable to ?

andrew@trlamct.OZ.AU (Andrew Jennings) (09/05/87)

Recently somebody on comp.ai.digest suggested the following (or close to it) :

    "Give an AI researcher the task of banging in a nail. First he'll
     study hammers. Before you know it he'll be studying advanced 
     metallurgy"

Can anyone remember (preferably the author) : a) the exact words b) the author

Thanks : I want to quote this in a talk, and obviously for all concerned its
better if its correct.


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