Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 22:06:52 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: kalts@estpak.ee Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gcc 3.2.1 release import? Message-ID: <3DE06C7C.4AD24C44@mindspring.com> References: <87590000.1037924015@leeloo.intern.geht.de> <3DDD7F10.BFED05F7@mindspring.com> <120820000.1037929067@leeloo.intern.geht.de> <3DDDCD32.6D74D775@mindspring.com> <20021122064625.GA12620@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <3DDE1711.6B9606B4@mindspring.com> <20021122152947.GA14766@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20021122180350.GB74344@dragon.nuxi.com> <20021123145236.GA2140@tiiu.internal> <3DE006AB.93802305@mindspring.com> <20021123235341.GA15054@tiiu.internal>
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Vallo Kallaste wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 02:52:27PM -0800, Terry Lambert
> <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote:
> > > Somebody with knowledge and time should generate patches, so it's
> > > possible to at least test and report problems (or success). Given
> > > that enough people give it a try and report, there's possibility for
> > > import, IMHO.
> >
> > But who will bell the cat? I vote for Snuffles.
>
> Don't understand. Some inside joke or something based on US centric
> TV? What are you trying to tell me? Remember I'm not native.
1930's/1940's cartoon character, "Snuffles, the mouse". Was in
a lot of cartoons. Played the "Why?" game that children play,
to the annoyance of his chosen victim, and the amusement of the
people.
One story was a script based on the Aesop's Fable about belling
the cat. Here is a short reprise:
1) All of the mice decided that Something Needs To Be Done
About The Cat(tm)
2) They had a big meeting
3) Finally, one mouse, who no one listened to very often,
suggests that they put a bell around its neck, so they
will be able to tell whic it's coming, and escape, to
live in peace, in their mousey ways
4) No one wants to bell the cat; it's a perfect idea, which
lacks for implementation, and there are no potential
implementors to take the risk on behalf of the group
In the cartoon version, at this point, the mouse who made the
suggestion is volunteered by his "comrades" for the deadly duty
("Snuffles").
-- Terry
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