[comp.misc] Rumors of Mabel's Death have been greatly exaggerated...

eric@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) (03/30/91)

...as a look at the `scratch monkey' entry will show.

I removed the posting in appendix A for two reasons:

1) The writing was poor in comparison with the other appendices and the
   rest of the File, creating an obvious weak spot.  I thought I could write
   a condensation of better, punchier quality.

2) We have pagecount troubles.  I'm under heavy pressure to keep the book
   under 350pp, which means some stuff has got to go or be slimmed down.
   Rather than trim the lexicon (the heart of the document) I went hunting
   for possible space savings in the appendices.  I found one, and may have
   to make other cuts.

It's called `editorial judgement'.  Still, if I get a lot of feedback that
the posting is worth preserving, I'll wedge it back in somehow.
-- 
      Eric S. Raymond = eric@snark.thyrsus.com  (mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews)

tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) (03/30/91)

One thing's for sure:

The jargon file that has to cut entries on publisher's orders is not the
True Jargon File.