Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Hrvoje Niksic
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 00:00

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Nathan Hand <Nathan.Hand@anu.edu.au> writes:

> Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> > Greg Hayes <greg@hayford.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > > Where does 'foo' come from
> > File: jargon.info, Node: foo, Next: foobar, Prev: fontology, Up: = F =
> > :foo: /foo/  1. /interj./ Term of disgust.  2. Used very
> > [3 pages of fooey deleted]
> Sheesh. What have you got on "bar"?

File: jargon.info, Node: bar, Next: bare metal, Prev: banner, Up: = B =

:bar: /bar/ /n./  1. The second {metasyntactic variable},
   after {foo} and before {baz}.  "Suppose we have two
   functions: FOO and BAR.  FOO calls BAR...." 2. Often
   appended to {foo} to produce {foobar}.

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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/23
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