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RE: 3PPs (Was Re: multiple cygwin installs (gold star))


Igor Peshansky wrote on Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:49 PM::

> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Dave Korn wrote:
> 
>> On 29 March 2007 14:31, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>> 
>>> After including the link to the definition of 3PPs on the
>>> description of that gold star, I realized how easily lost the
>>> definition is -- it's sitting at the very end of a long file, and
>>> thus does not end up at the top of the screen when the link is
>>> followed. 
>>> 
>>> Relative sorting order of numbers and letters being a constant point
>>> of contention, I wonder if I shouldn't just move 3PP to be the first
>>> acronym in the OLOCA...  It would certainly present a nice
>>> 	perspective to anyone just browsing it. Igor
>> 
>>   Surely it should go between TANSTAAFL and TITTL?
> 
> Yes, it usually does go between TANSTAAFL and TITTTL when discussing
> 3PPs, but I think alphanumerically it belongs either in the beginning
> or in the end. :-)  In any case, this acronym is somewhat special,
> given that it's the only one that begins with a number, so I'd like
> to have a special place for it.
> 	Igor

If you're editing the OLOCA, you could save DaveK a lot of typing if
you added RTHODTB.  I'm sure you can work it out.


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