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From: mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin)
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Subject: Re: Jargon File Editorial Philosophy
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Date: 6 Dec 90 23:22:23 GMT
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In article <1990Dec6.091013.26270@lth.se> bengtl@maths.lth.se (Bengt Larsson) writes:
>Well, isn't the solution to save the original jargon file (indefinitely),
>and create a wholly new one? I mean that Eric's jargon file should be
>explicitly defined to contain "current" hacker slang (as of now, 1990).

The problem is, there is a lot of slang in the "current" jargon file
that could be considered obsolete, just that Eric doesn't know that
the term has become obsolete.

A lexicon should have *all* the terms, past and present; as old terms
may be revived or acquire new meanings.

I personally use a lot of the so-called "obsolete" terms.  They are
not obsolete to *me*!  BIN, BIN FILE, EXCH, JFCL, JSYS, MOBY (!!!),
SUPDUP (a protocol still in active use), and TECO.

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