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In article <1990Sep26....@cs.utk.edu>, d...@de5.ctd.ornl.gov (Dave Sill) writes:
> In article <22...@opus.cs.mcgill.ca>, pet...@opus.cs.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch) writes:
.  .  .
> >Anyways, "grok" hasd found its way into the UNIX lexicon
> >as a general "I don't understand" lament.
> 
> To the contrary, "grok" means "to understand fully".  From the Jargon
> file: 

Okay, I should have said "I can't grok" has found its
way...etc, etc. Jeesh, don't read what I type, read what I
mean!  ;^)

So, since I can't just post such a simple clarification
(my scoldy newsreader keeps reminding me how much all of
this costs to send to a Trailblazer to Upper Volta) I'll
see if I can kick off a new thread.

I mentioned "awk", and yacc in a previous posting as
being strangely named UNIX programs. (Awk is the initials
of the guys who wrote it, Yacc is "Yet Another Compiler
Compiler"). How about other creatively named programs?
Perhaps (and preferably) with a joke in the name or
otherwise suitably obscure? I know lots in UNIX, others?
Maybethose with nested recursive acronyms (HASP - Houston
Automated Spool Program, SPOOL - Simultaneous Operations
[On|Off] Line. Something like that). Anyways, what's the
weirdest _you've_ heard or seen?


			- peterd

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