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why `view-lossage' is called so?
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Janusz S. Bień |
Subject: |
why `view-lossage' is called so? |
Date: |
26 Apr 2003 07:49:56 +0200 |
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (06 Jun 01) says:
lossage
<jargon> /los'*j/ The result of a {bug} or malfunction. This
is a mass or collective noun. "What a loss!" and "What
lossage!" are nearly synonymous. The former is slightly more
particular to the speaker's present circumstances; the latter
implies a continuing {lose} of which the speaker is currently
a victim. Thus (for example) a temporary hardware failure is
a loss, but bugs in an important tool (like a compiler) are
serious lossage.
I see no relation between the meaning of the word and the results of
`view-lossage' commands.
Best regards
Janusz
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dr hab. Janusz S. Bien, prof. UW
Prof. Janusz S. Bien, Warsaw Uniwersity
http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/~jsbien/
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