Re: [MiNT] Canonical

[Ronald Hall <darklord@suddenlink.net>]

On Monday 14 January 2008 01:28 pm, Roger Burrows wrote:

> A good place to start is "The New Hacker's Dictionary"  by Eric Raymond,
> which is an outgrwoth from the Jargon File.  It devotes about a page to
> "canonical", well worth reading :-).  As is the book as a whole, although
> probably not in one session, straight through from abbrev to zorkmid (and
> beyond).
>
> Roger

Would that be Eric Raymond of Linux fame? If so, I got to meet and chat with 
him in person - on the 2001 Linux Lunacy cruise. Even went parasailing with 
him and his wife (she's a lawyer)... Met lots of other notable 'Nix 
personalities as well. :)

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