On Friday, April 15, 2016 8:13:56 PM EDT Melvin Davidson wrote: > *Thanks for the sympathetic feedback John. I understand people are > reluctant to change. It was just my intent to enlighten others as to the > true background behind it.* > *So if it's not about to change, then I'll just have to cry $boo $hoo, $oye > $vey. :)*
Reading this: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/a/80609 it appears to me that the true origin is not what you claim it to be, but pre- war MIT pranksters. And besides: language evolves. Words change meaning over time. Nobody typing 'foo = 2*bar' thinks about WW2 acronym, and everybody reading it immediately understands it, again without referring to that acronym. The horse is dead, Jim. Stop beating it. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
