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From: Eli the Bearded <usenet-tag@qz.little-neck.ny.us>
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Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 20 May 1997 17:25:31 GMT
Organization: Some absurd concept
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John "E.R." Jasen <jjasen1@umbc.edu> wrote:
>Wayne Cochran - CS <wcochran@eecs.wsu.edu> wrote:
>>perl = pratical extraction and report language
That's pearl. Perl has not gone by that name in ages.
>YM 'pathetically eclectic rubbish lister'. HTH. HAND.
YM 'pathologically,' IIRC. (IMHO.) HTH. HAND.
Elijah
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