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From: slamont@network.ucsd.edu (Steve Lamont)
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Subject: Re: Jargon File Editorial Philosophy
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Date: 7 Dec 90 18:17:29 GMT
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In article <12418@milton.u.washington.edu> mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin) writes:
>If possible, I would like to bring in slang and folklore from the
>1960's, NOT delete it or relegate it to an appendix (for later
>deletion).

I tend to agree with Mark on this point, although probably not as vociferously
:-).

I suggest that all jargon should be in the main body of the file.  After all,
if you pick up your copy of the OED and look up "bodkin," for instance, it
will be there, although it isn't really in common use (now someone will flame
me for depricating the word "bodkin," no doubt. (-:).  It may say *obs.* after
the definition (I don't know whether this particular example is correct or
not, since I don't have an OED at hand), but it is there.

I think this is a reasonable compromise, surely better than bifurcating the
dictionary into two separate sections, one for "obsolete" words and one for
current usage.

This discussion is rapidly diverging from the subject of computer folklore.
Maybe we need alt.folklore.computers.d???

Again, I wish to compliment Eric on his efforts.  Whether one agrees or
disagrees with his editorial judgements, one has to admire the dedication to
our art that he has shown in continuing this compilation.

							spl (the p stands for
							philosophy? I don't
							have to show you no
							steenking philosophy)
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