BARBANIS@CS-UMASS.arpa (George Barbanis, Heldenprogrammer) (10/21/87)
My favorite is "psyrglz". It has obscure origins (from an American Radio Relay League booklet) but it has the following features: o Hard to type o Hard to pronounce o Has never been used as an acronym These are highly desirable features, for you can't tell whether the author of the program you're currently hacking has made use of catchalls such as "foo","foobar", "qwerty", etc. (Oh well... one could use grep I suppose but for a quick and dirty hack...) George Barbanis Computer Science UMass -- Amherst
brett@wjvax.UUCP (Brett Galloway) (10/26/87)
In article <9882@brl-adm.ARPA> BARBANIS@CS-UMASS.arpa (George Barbanis, Heldenprogrammer) writes: >My favorite is "psyrglz". It has obscure origins ... My favorite is "plugh", one of the magic words from ADVENTURE. -- ------------- Brett Galloway {pesnta,twg,ios,qubix,turtlevax,tymix,vecpyr,certes,isi}!wjvax!brett
jhritz@cfpas.UUCP (10/29/87)
In article <1116@wjvax.UUCP> brett@wjvax.UUCP (Brett Galloway) writes: >In article <9882@brl-adm.ARPA> BARBANIS@CS-UMASS.arpa (George Barbanis, Heldenprogrammer) writes: >>My favorite is "psyrglz". It has obscure origins ... > >My favorite is "plugh", one of the magic words from ADVENTURE. Try pooba or lips. -- UUCP: ihnp4!mibte!cfpas!jhritz (John Hritz) "Do photons have mass?... VOICE: 313-351-3404 Are any of them Catholic?"
brianc@cognos.uucp (Brian Campbell) (11/02/87)
In article <9882@brl-adm.ARPA> BARBANIS@CS-UMASS (George Barbanis) writes: ! My favorite is "psyrglz". It has obscure origins ... Please explain the origin ... it looks like an interesting word ... In article <1116@wjvax.UUCP> brett@wjvax (Brett Galloway) writes: ! My favorite is "plugh", one of the magic words from ADVENTURE. I knew someone would mention that one... I use xyzzy (pronounced 'zizzy?') also from Adventure. It has the advantage that, in a multiuser system, no one else choses the same scratch-file name as I do ... an "rm xyzzy*" is usually quite safe. -- Brian Campbell uucp: decvax!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!brianc Cognos Incorporated mail: POB 9707, 3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, K1G 3Z4 (613) 738-1440 fido: (613) 731-2945 300/1200, sysop@1:163/8