Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 09:52:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] POLA? (was Re: Default retry behaviour for mount_nfs) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107200950540.82722-100000@beppo> In-Reply-To: <3B58601D.ACB852A5@iowna.com>
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'Principle of Least Astonishment' and something we should import from NetBSD: pilt > uname -a NetBSD pilt 1.5.1_ALPHA NetBSD 1.5.1_ALPHA (PILT) #5: Thu Feb 8 12:01:03 PST 2001 mjacob@pilt:/export/src/NetBSD-1.5/syssrc/sys/arch/i386/compile/PILT i386 pilt > /usr/games/wtf POLA POLA: principle of least astonishment pilt > /usr/games/wtf IIRC IIRC: if I recall correctly I'll leave it up to you all to imagine what 'wtf WTF' is. On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Bill Moran wrote: > > > > > Sometimes the stick of POLA should be broken. > > Off topic, I know, but it's going to bother me. > > What's POLA? > > -Bill > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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