Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Richard Campbell
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 00:00

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In article <kigraeyqeaz.fsf@jagor.srce.hr>,
Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@srce.hr> wrote:
>> 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

>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}.

Fucked
Up
Beyond 
All
Recognition

=FUBAR ~= foobar.

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From: ulmont@cc.gatech.edu (Richard Campbell)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/23
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