From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-13 17:02:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B27FEA3.AC115671@west.raytheon.com> From: Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey"@west.raytheon.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en]C-CCK-MCD CSC;Raytheon (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? References: <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9fgagu$6ae$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <2fkqhtk3flsq46hofavm03icngknbppc3o@4ax.com> <3B20D334.309E06DD@dresdner-bank.com> <3b275db1$5$fuzhry$mr2ice@va.news.verio.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 17:00:35 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.24.83.38 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 992476935 147.24.83.38 (Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:02:15 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:02:15 CDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10573 comp.lang.ada:8705 comp.lang.awk:3044 comp.lang.clarion:21857 comp.lang.java.programmer:76133 comp.lang.pl1:1013 comp.lang.vrml:3778 Date: 2001-06-13T17:00:35-07:00 List-Id: Roedy Green wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:33:53 -0400, "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" > wrote or quoted : > > >TTY isn't glass > > "glass TTY" is Canadian for a dumb terminal, most notably the VU-Com > then the more flexible DEC VT-100. > > For more detail, please look up the key words mentioned in this post in > the Java Glossary at: http://mindprod.com/gloss.html > > -- > Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products > Custom computer programming since 1963. Ready to take on new work. Not just Canadian - 'Glass TTY' has been in common use in the US for many years for the same thing (a dumb terminal). Jerry -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Jerry Petrey -- Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Navigation, Guidance, & Control -- Raytheon Missile Systems - Member Team Ada & Team Forth -- NOTE: please remove in email address to reply -----------------------------------------------------------------------------