Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 19:20:50 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org (Michael Lucas) Cc: blk@skynet.be, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, Doug@gorean.org, drjolt@redbrick.dcu.ie, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world failed Message-ID: <200004050220.TAA11185@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <200004042349.TAA78471@blackhelicopters.org> from Michael Lucas at "Apr 4, 0 07:49:29 pm"
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As I recall, Michael Lucas wrote: > I've learned to grok POLA from context as "changing something behind > the scenes that breaks interfaces", but I'm now surrendering to > acronym curiosity: > > What the *heck* does POLA stand for, exactly? Path Of Least Action? From where I come from it meant "Principal Of Least Astonishment". -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.net DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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