Subject: Re: make: "Unknown modifier 'O'"?
To: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
From: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: current-users
Date: 11/21/1999 10:02:14
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:

# > > Rebuild make(1).  Is a "clve" a Russian or Greek "clue"?
# > 
# > Latin.

Correct.

# Actually, that would be CLVE; this was only done for capital
# letters.

...especially considering that there is no evidence of other than capital
letters until further along the time line.

In any case, THANK YOV VERY MVCH FOR THE CLVE. :->

# > In Roman time, when carving tombstones, u and v looked the same (like v).
# 
# Well, lately, I've mostly seen it on building inscriptions (like
# MASSACHVSETTS INSTITVTE OF TECHNOLOGY) and T-shirts (FVCKED BY THE
# INSTITVTE), but I digress..

Gotta love them "bvildings".

				--*greywolf;
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