Re: CVS commit: src/share/misc

[Dave Huang <khym%azeotrope.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 07:01:49PM +0200, Elad Efrat wrote:
> Lubomir Sedlacik wrote:
> 
> > the acronyms file consists (mostly) of common phrases used in online
> > communication.  i don't think names of chemical substances belong here.
> 
> From wtf(6):
> 
> FILES
>      /usr/share/misc/acronyms       default acronym database.
>      /usr/share/misc/acronyms.comp  computer-related acronym database.
> 
> And this is exactly wtf(6) is used for... however, if several people are
> against it I'll remove it.

Just look at the current contents of acronyms--it's pretty much
Internet-specific slang acronyms that you'd see on Usenet, IRC, web
boards, and places like that (AYBABTU, HTH, HAND, LOL, ...). And
acronyms.comp contains computer-related technical acronyms (SCSI, RAM,
PCMCIA, ...). MDMA doesn't fit in either.
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