Re: Ada is almost useless in embedded systems

[tore@lis.pitt.edu (Tore Joergensen)]

Robert Dewar (dewar@cs.nyu.edu) wrote:
: Nasser, of course he did not post his reasons. This was a troll, one of the
: more transparent trolls one sees these days. [...snip...] There
: typically are two kinds of trolls, ones that make people mad enough to
: respond (the case here), or ones that entice people to respond ("I have
: XXX pictures free, but don't send me email, post here instead"). 
: Newsgroups are nicer places to be if people simply ignore trolls of both
: kinds :-)

Off topic: I'm just a little curious about this use of 'troll'...
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English (1984) lists
two interpretations; "(in Scandinavian myth) supernatural being, a giant,
or, in later tales, a mischievous but friendly dwarf" and "fish with rod
and line by pulling bait through the water behind a boat". Even a 'Current
English'-dictionary from 1984 isn't current anymore :-), so I'm wondering:
Is this a common use of 'troll', and if it is, is it a noun made from the
'fishing' verb?
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