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Re: NSGMLS ??

From Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: NSGMLS ??
Date 2011-12-22 10:38 -0800
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On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:55:03 -0500, Eric Sosman
<esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote:

>On 12/22/2011 5:38 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:01:57 -0800 (PST), Lew<lewbloch@gmail.com>
>> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>>
>>>
>>> What evidence do you have that it's an acronym?  If the founding link (that
>>> first link in the Google search) doesn't mention it, how would any other source
>>> be authoritative?
>>
>> Because it contains another acronym SGML  Standard Generalised Markup
>> Language
>
>     ... just as ROEDY contains Oxford English Dictionary?

...and "Sosman" has "SOS" which is often considered an acronym for
"Save Our Souls" and other similar variations though it is not
actually an acronym.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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NSGMLS ?? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-20 07:03 -0800
  Re: NSGMLS ?? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-12-20 10:09 -0500
    Re: NSGMLS ?? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-20 07:44 -0800
      Re: NSGMLS ?? Michael Jung <miju@golem.phantasia.org> - 2011-12-20 21:14 +0100
      Re: NSGMLS ?? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-20 15:13 -0800
        Re: NSGMLS ?? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-20 15:29 -0800
          Re: NSGMLS ?? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-12-20 23:57 +0000
        Re: NSGMLS ?? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-21 07:01 -0800
          Re: NSGMLS ?? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-21 11:10 -0800
          Re: NSGMLS ?? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-22 02:38 -0800
            Re: NSGMLS ?? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-12-22 07:55 -0500
              Re: NSGMLS ?? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-22 10:38 -0800
            Re: NSGMLS ?? Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2011-12-22 11:26 -0800
              Re: NSGMLS ?? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-22 11:47 -0800
                Re: NSGMLS ?? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-01-04 16:56 -0800
            Re: NSGMLS ?? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-22 21:13 -0500
        Re: NSGMLS ?? bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> - 2012-01-05 11:20 +0000

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