Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 11:12:58 +0100 From: paul@originative.co.uk To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: [Re: Request For Better Communications] Message-ID: <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FF39@octopus>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jordan K. Hubbard [mailto:jkh@zippy.cdrom.com]
> Sent: 11 May 1999 08:52
> To: paul@originative.co.uk
> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: [Re: Request For Better Communications]
>
>
> > I'm sure I've seen fairings being used in commit messages
> recently, have we
> > adopted it as part of the FreeBSD jargon, what does it mean
> in that context?
>
> It's thrown out in discussion whenever a completely nonsensical
> argument in one's favor(?) is called for, I.E. at the end of a really
> long thread for which the outcome is no longer even cared about since
> everyone is now so sick of it or in rebuttal to another nonsensical
> argument ("Change the loader to look for /kernel.pl? What
> about fairings?").
Ahh, right, well that makes a whole lot more sense now :-)
> > While I'm on this subject, what the hell does GC stand for?
> It's used when
> > things get deleted.
>
> Garbage Collect. Another man sadly deprived of LISP in his university
> CS curriculum, I see. :-)
Unfortunately I'm not so young as to have avoided the joys of LISP, although
I only paid enough attention to it to pass the course at the time. Do they
still teach it these days?
I should have sussed GC, it's obvious now someone's pointed it out to me,
fairings I think I can be excused for :-).
Paul.
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