POSIX bashing

[Guy Middleton]

In article <7021 at segue.segue.com> jim at segue.segue.com (Jim Balter) writes:
> In article <19145 at rpp386.cactus.org> jfh at rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) writes:
> >My says "one that performs or promotes (a specified action) <coolant>",
> >or "thing that is acted upon in (a specified manner) <inhalant>".
> >Another entry exists which says "performing (a specified action)
> ><propellant>" or "promoting (a specified action or process) <expectorant>".
> 
> Unlike "conformant", those words are all in the dictionary.

"conformant" is in the Oxford English Dictionary:

conformant, a. Obs rare: Conforming, conformable, accordant.

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