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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Different uses of the 5th field of the passwd file.
Keywords: GCOS
Message-ID: <10337@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 12 Nov 90 20:16:04 GMT
References: <723@dynasys.UUCP> <1990Nov6.045108.20266@riacs.edu> <1990Nov8.060424.1828@blackbox.lonestar.org> <27543@mimsy.umd.edu> <3736@skye.ed.ac.uk>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
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In article <3736@skye.ed.ac.uk> richard@aiai.UUCP (Richard Tobin) writes:
: In article <27543@mimsy.umd.edu> chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes:
: >Historical types and lazy people therefore type `gcos'; others use
: >`gecos'.  You get to guess whether I am being historical or lazy when
: >I use `gcos'. :-)
: 
: In article <27549@mimsy.umd.edu> he writes:
: >Revisionists and lazy people therefore type `gcos'; others use
: >`gecos'.  You get to guess whether I am being revisionist or lazy when
: >I use `gcos'. :-)
: 
: I think the combination of these two messages makes it pretty clear
: why Chris uses `gcos'.

I don't think Chris is lazy enough to revise history, unless of course
you're intending to revise the history of his laziness.

Larry Wall
lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov