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From: Andrew Perry <andrew@python.shoal.net.au>
To: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
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Subject: Re: grok ?
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> > "grok" isn't in my vocabulary. I assume it means "support" or "handle"
> 
> It's from a Heinlein novel (perhaps _Stranger in a Strange Land_?  Sorry,
> I can't recall things that I've read that long ago... Maybe _I will Fear
> No Evil_?).  Basically, it means "understand" (though in the Heinlein
> context it meant far more...)
> 
> --don
> 
yep, Stranger in a Strange Land, the one about the Mars born human who
came to Earth.

Andrew