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Re: lynx-dev (patch) INSTALLATION & Options refs
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Kim DeVaughn |
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Re: lynx-dev (patch) INSTALLATION & Options refs |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 02:51:47 -0700 |
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999, Philip Webb (address@hidden) said:
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| `cp' is a standard English abbreviation for `compare':
| the majority of English speakers (incl non-natives) should know it.
Really ...? I've never seen/heard of it used in that way. I would
have guessed it was a reference to the (UNIX) cp(1) utility program.
Learn something new every day (though I do think it will confuse some
people, given the context) ...
/kim