POSIX bashing (readline bashing)
Paul Barton-Davis
pauld at stowe.cs.washington.edu
Thu Apr 11 02:43:00 AEST 1991
expectorant is not derived from "expect", but from "pectoral". the
term refers to a compound which will tend to encourage the departure
of material from the upper chest ("pectoral region"), hence,
ex-pector-ant.
at least, that's one meaning.
--
Paul Barton-Davis <pauld at cs.washington.edu>
UW Computer Science Lab ``to shatter tradition makes us feel free''
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