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Re: potential future namespace clash (Policy 2.3.1)



On 18-Jun-02, 16:46 (CDT), "John H. Robinson, IV" <jhriv@ucsd.edu> wrote: 
> Richard Braakman set us up the following:
> > On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 03:22:10PM -0600, paul cannon wrote:
> > > Really? grep? :)
> > 
> > Yeah, as in, "I grepped the whole store but they don't have any tortilla
> > chips".
> > 
> > ... what, you mean it's _not_ a word?
> 
> dictionary.com says it is a word, but it is not in the electronic
> version of the OED.

Look at the source for dictionary.com's definition, it's coming from the
Jargon file. I think I'll take the OED on this one.

Steve

-- 
Steve Greenland

    The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating
    system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the
    world.       -- seen on the net


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