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| From | James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Should you free your pointers? |
| Date | 2011-06-28 08:21 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <iucgvd$c8f$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <rubrum-16F79F.15152625062011@news.albasani.net> <lnsjqxbkfi.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> <iu8g00$705$1@dont-email.me> <lnwrg89ff1.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> <rubrum-2DD50E.12594227062011@news.albasani.net> |
On 06/27/2011 03:59 PM, Michael Press wrote: ... > Originally FAQ stood for frequently answered questions. > Most people do not seem to know that, even more than > I thought going in. During the transition, some people > attempted to stem the tide. According to Google Groups, the oldest usenet message containing "Frequently Answered Questions" was dated 1989-03-22. It could only find 14 such messages between then and 1991-01-1. The oldest message it reports containing the phrase "Frequently Asked Questions" dates back to 1981-07-13, and there are 11,200 such messages between then and 1984-01-01. The very first such message connects that phrase to the acronym "FAQ", contradicting the chronology given for the birth of that acronym in Wikipedia's entry for "FAQ". Google Groups' query engine is extremely flaky, but these numbers and dates are at least suggestive of a different history than the one you describe. -- James Kuyper
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