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From: ja... Jack Campin
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 1990 15:54

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l...@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lum Johnson) wrote:
>     PIP was invented by "Dit" Morse as a demonstration of device
>     independence.  Its original name was ATLATL, which stood for
>     "Anything, Lord, to Anything, Lord".

Morse was also making an allusion you missed.  An atlatl is a throwing
stick, a hollowed stick used to throw spears faster and further than the
unassisted human arm can manage; I think the word is Aztec.  It's the same
gadget as the Australian Aboriginal "woomera".

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From: ja...@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
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Subject: Re: Favorite error messages
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