From: Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] NUMA
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:29:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110716202922.0901e060@lahti.ethans.dre.am> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110716180627.GA29488@polynum.com>
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:06:27 +0200
tlaronde@polynum.com wrote:
> There is an english expression, IIRC: penny wise and pound fool.
Very close: penny wise and pound foolish. (Possibly capitalise Pound to be correct.)
I had not heard this expression for years. Now you've reminded me of it, I wonder what else it could be applied to. Gcc perhaps?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-16 19:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-15 15:15 tlaronde
2011-07-15 20:21 ` tlaronde
2011-07-15 20:47 ` ron minnich
2011-07-15 22:59 ` Charles Forsyth
2011-07-16 8:02 ` tlaronde
2011-07-16 16:27 ` erik quanstrom
2011-07-16 18:06 ` tlaronde
2011-07-16 19:29 ` Ethan Grammatikidis [this message]
2011-07-16 19:54 ` erik quanstrom
2011-07-16 20:56 ` dexen deVries
2011-07-16 22:10 ` Charles Forsyth
2011-07-17 1:44 ` erik quanstrom
2011-07-17 7:38 ` tlaronde
2011-07-17 8:44 ` Bakul Shah
2011-07-17 10:02 ` tlaronde
2011-07-17 12:04 ` dexen deVries
2011-07-17 15:24 ` erik quanstrom
2011-07-17 15:28 ` ron minnich
[not found] ` <CAP6exYL2DJXbKfPZ8+D5uL=fRWKEyr8vY2OVc4NTO3wsFo=Unw@mail.gmail.c>
2011-07-17 15:32 ` erik quanstrom
2011-07-17 17:16 ` Bakul Shah
2011-07-17 17:21 ` erik quanstrom
2011-07-17 15:51 ` erik quanstrom
2011-07-17 16:12 ` dexen deVries
2011-07-17 16:37 ` tlaronde
2011-07-17 10:08 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-07-17 14:50 ` erik quanstrom
2011-07-17 17:01 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-07-17 3:39 ` Joel C. Salomon
2011-07-17 7:01 ` tlaronde
2011-07-17 15:05 ` Joel C. Salomon
2011-07-17 15:26 ` erik quanstrom
2011-07-17 15:52 ` ComeauAt9Fans@gmail.com
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