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From: bron@bronze.wpd.sgi.com (Bron Campbell Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Batter superlatives (was Re: Crays aren't cheap)
Summary: a better superlative
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Date: 12 Jun 89 19:35:07 GMT
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In article <324@celit.UUCP>, dave@celerity.uucp (Dave Smith) writes:
> In article <3934@eos.UUCP> eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes:
> >The only thing I ask:
> >Just stop using the the prefix "super" like in supercomputer, superscalar,
> 
> I agree with Eugene.  I am suggesting to our marketing department that all
> the "super" prefixes being batted around be replaced with "bat"
> 

Personally, my favorite superlative is "vorpal" (like the sword).

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Bron Campbell Nelson
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