Banks Logic Puzzle: "Hello, my name is..."

by Paul Watts

Larry, an enthusiastic yet mentally deficient CS student, has been given a job making nametags for the four special guests at a CS department meeting. The four guests each use a different editor, Unix variant, and programming language.

Unfortunately for Larry, he wasn't paying much attention when his boss told him what to put on the nametags, so he doesn't know who likes what and who programs in what.

He goes to his friends and asks them if they know any of the people who are coming to the meeting. Larry's friends, being as mentally deficient as Larry, can only give him small details about various people. But Larry can't seem to put everything together to figure out who is who. Can you help him?

Names: Daisy, Steve, Llewellyn, Gertrude
Editors: emacs, vi, pico, joe
Unix variants: Solaris, AIX, Linux, BSD
Languages: C++, Java, Perl, Lisp

Hints:

The emacs user is a man who likes Lisp.
The woman who uses pico likes BSD, but does not use object-oriented languages.
The C++ programmer uses AIX and joe.
Daisy loves Java, but thinks Solaris is a joke of an operating system.
Llewellyn can't stand AIX.

You have enough information to solve the puzzle. Good Luck!

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