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From: moraes@cs.toronto.edu (Mark Moraes)
Subject: [comp.misc] jargon file (was "Name that character!")
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Archive-name: hackers/words/jargon-classic/1991-06-01
Archive: ftp.cs.toronto.edu:doc/jargon.classic.Z [128.100.3.6]
Original-posting-by: moraes@cs.toronto.edu (Mark Moraes)
Original-subject: jargon file (was "Name that character!")
Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN)


throop@aurs01.UUCP (Wayne Throop) writes:

>A file that just *might* be the "jargon file classic" also
>seems to be on uunet (though why in a "gnu" subdirectory is unclear):
>    /usr/spool/ftp/gnu:
>    -rw-rw-r--  1 root        43247 Apr 11  1990 jargon.text.Z

Yup, the size looks about right.  Another location is
ftp.cs.toronto.edu:doc/jargon.classic.Z.  Less comprehensive and
formal than the current opus, but more cultural flavour, in my opinion.

	Mark.

-- comp.archives file verification
ftp.cs.toronto.edu
lrwxrwxrwx  1 0        0              10 Mar 29 15:05 doc/jargon.classic.Z -> hackdict.Z
found jargon-classic ok
ftp.cs.toronto.edu:doc/jargon.classic.Z