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Date:      Thu, 20 Mar 1997 07:35:39 +1000 (EST)
From:      Andrew Perry <andrew@python.shoal.net.au>
To:        Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
Cc:        Rob Hartill <robh@imdb.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: grok ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.970320073410.28428A-100000@python.shoal.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <199703191732.KAA13800@seagull.rtd.com>

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> > "grok" isn't in my vocabulary. I assume it means "support" or "handle"
> 
> It's from a Heinlein novel (perhaps _Stranger in a Strange Land_?  Sorry,
> I can't recall things that I've read that long ago... Maybe _I will Fear
> No Evil_?).  Basically, it means "understand" (though in the Heinlein
> context it meant far more...)
> 
> --don
> 
yep, Stranger in a Strange Land, the one about the Mars born human who
came to Earth.

Andrew




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