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Re: Should you free your pointers?

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In article <iucgvd$c8f$1@dont-email.me>,
 James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> wrote:

> 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.

Yes, so they are.

-- 
Michael Press

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