Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:7997 comp.unix.internals:1521 comp.misc:10945 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!ucsd!nosc!simasd!ncr-sd!savage!zap From: zap@savage.UUCP (Zap Savage) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.internals,comp.misc Subject: Re: Software Obesity (was Re: Jargon file v2.1.5) Message-ID: <350@savage.UUCP> Date: 16 Dec 90 08:14:58 GMT References: <1990Dec2.202402.21977@decuac <3276@unisoft.UUCP> Reply-To: zap@savage.UUCP (Zap Savage) Organization: Savage Research Intl., San Diego CA Lines: 16 Followup-To: In article <3276@unisoft.UUCP> greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) writes: >Or, worse yet, the idea of feeping creaturism seems to have truly per- >vaded our working environment. As an aside, relating to "feeping creaturism", my old boss had a problem with never quite finishing a program or a repair. He'd always see some other neat thing he could do. Still does, I guess. He called it "creeping eloquence". Zap --- Zap Savage, Savage Research, Inc. "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like a fool." -Steven Wright "It'll never fly, Orville." -Wilbur Wright