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Date: Fri, 11-Jul-86 14:10:50 EDT
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[How many times have you found yourself at wit's end for a witty msg?]

Hi.  I am curious - why was the function universal-argument named so?
I would think it would be named something like iterated-argument,
given it's operation.

Just curious...

Silver.