From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
Cc: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>, guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: [semi-OT] Snarfing [was: [PATCH v2] doc: Document SRFI 64.]
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 08:38:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZWL1/2IsCOHVOkkI@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50951822-7d4a-3880-a26b-d0eb44b26ea3@telenet.be>
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 09:42:49PM +0100, Maxime Devos wrote:
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> (I assume 'snarfing' is a form of copying here.)
Basically yes. Something like "stealing", perhaps because the source
isn't aware of the fact that it has got a new use.
The term is old UNIX tradition [1]. From there, it probably diffused
into GNU.
Cheers
[1] http://catb.org/jargon/html/S/snarf.html
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-26 7:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-18 3:50 [PATCH] doc: Document SRFI 64 Maxim Cournoyer
2023-11-18 4:42 ` [PATCH v2] " Maxim Cournoyer
2023-11-18 8:45 ` Filip Łajszczak
2023-11-21 23:02 ` Maxime Devos
2023-11-22 20:42 ` Maxime Devos
2023-11-26 7:38 ` tomas [this message]
2023-11-23 3:55 ` [PATCH v3] " Maxim Cournoyer
2023-11-23 4:00 ` [PATCH v2] " Maxim Cournoyer
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