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Re: RFC: Changing the doc name and authors
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Akim Demaille |
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Re: RFC: Changing the doc name and authors |
Date: |
Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:33:45 +0200 |
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>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
>> shouldn't we s/Bison/GNU Bison/ btw?
> Historically, the name "Bison" has not been prefixed by "GNU", as it's
> a funnier joke if you omit the "GNU".
Is it? Three animals in a row doesn't seem less funny than two.
> This reminds me of the time when some documentation factotum at Sun
> Microsystems was editing the tunefs(8) man page, and decided to remove
> Kirk McKusick's joke "You can tune a file system, but you can't tuna
> fish"
:)
[...]
Thanks for the story.
> So let's not call it "GNU Bison". It might bring bad luck.
If you do think 2 is better and less risky than 3, let's do that.