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Re: Infomagic LDR, & what's Bo and Hamm?



On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Robert Grunloh wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who replied on this topic. I should mention that not
> all of my prev. failed installs were from a cd, a couple of times I
> downloaded a "base set" from the ftp site.
> 
> But the important thing is, ok if "bo" is stable and "hamm" unstable, how
> did the use of these terms originate? Along the lines of, "why is C called
> C? because there was an earlier language called B" and similar stuff
> suitable for inclusion in the Jargon File.  The terms sound like something
> from a folktale, or, wasn't the tree the Buddha sat under called a "bo
> tree"?

Watch the movie "Toy Story" and look at Bruce Perens' e-mail address and
you should be able to make the connection.

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Bob Nielsen                 Internet: nielsen@primenet.com
Tucson, AZ                  AMPRnet:  w6swe@w6swe.ampr.org
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