Different uses of the 5th field of the passwd file.

[Larry Wall]

In article <3736 at skye.ed.ac.uk> richard at aiai.UUCP (Richard Tobin) writes:
: In article <27543 at mimsy.umd.edu> chris at mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes:
: >Historical types and lazy people therefore type `gcos'; others use
: >`gecos'.  You get to guess whether I am being historical or lazy when
: >I use `gcos'. :-)
: 
: In article <27549 at mimsy.umd.edu> he writes:
: >Revisionists and lazy people therefore type `gcos'; others use
: >`gecos'.  You get to guess whether I am being revisionist or lazy when
: >I use `gcos'. :-)
: 
: I think the combination of these two messages makes it pretty clear
: why Chris uses `gcos'.

I don't think Chris is lazy enough to revise history, unless of course
you're intending to revise the history of his laziness.

Larry Wall
lwall at jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov