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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 15 May 1997 12:27:16 GMT
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
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In article <EA7MIG.6JD@zebra.alphacdc.com>,
Vern Hoxie <vern@zebra.alphacdc.com> wrote:
> 'bss' was the name of a register on the IBM mainframe used to run early
> UNIX by Ritchie et al.
You got your unix and lisp reversed, thweetie.
(CAR/CDR)
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