From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_20,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 18314 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2023 03:07:37 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Jun 2023 03:07:37 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0854140C28; Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:07:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-x92b.google.com (mail-ua1-x92b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::92b]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF16B402E0 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:07:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-x92b.google.com with SMTP id a1e0cc1a2514c-78cdb90aa66so239990241.3 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:07:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; t=1686625650; x=1689217650; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=cBLzoZmD8yOF5WSdJryWwfkY6tG7Iks5oJOwDdEuGPs=; b=Zje/EWDzeGv/5yf5RO0nYn4wnjaGkWR2O0msE/2s2aQa3qSJIXYxKq36S7m83kdk0N SnDrdQ+2y9sAElpMI3cAq5QB8BpUl2Tv/R+8CKU+zrRkPcwg46DpV53ulqSuOznX9fxG IAkB3hds12cPomg/OGGItajrp64uPLBcD94qE= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1686625650; x=1689217650; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=cBLzoZmD8yOF5WSdJryWwfkY6tG7Iks5oJOwDdEuGPs=; b=LzqoK9NMu19jEt5e/iFEGW7a4N7m5e8fo19xoIY2FUoCgP7C/pxOblop6wxUbkDRRS S1UuG6YUjDoxM1EMFvQx7ZuZE7yFxINeB5c2/t7al5JrVcgso5rjY21t+sFxuccNPMh2 tn6umh5RkQ1M+0T0evvXuwVQqsuEqErigOaanIhztY/lKwt9PPtWICqOFFlt40uv/23y U9gcpKfxRHxkJQu5rQiztLqFOADtIqhnvy/JMDoa2oIjhxuLXsizy0mBB76TV7dhEmmE GQsXfNXLc8UuLjpa6lLNSIC9R6Gsi+EkSnlk3qGlKhtL8YEpmpbs2OxB/w+Ctjahz5aQ MYDA== X-Gm-Message-State: AC+VfDwLohzB1dAI/OAOXJUvePrKpx2sInRnWDvuM6AiSp6zlcAIsf2C X5M0PuceHdmycrywuFf/T37hd1C4Uc8OjBA/hzd3lg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACHHUZ4gzFeXIpF8Ycn/yc3WpjHOPtVNsiSSJdzcMH6THmfdHUypA4VaPFRtoO2W8UBLV+kboYyD2AsLy8mGWWvHVho= X-Received: by 2002:a67:e3a5:0:b0:43b:2ca9:9b9e with SMTP id j5-20020a67e3a5000000b0043b2ca99b9emr4718608vsm.30.1686625650608; Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:07:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20230612213912.mywv5znz66pk3n5q@illithid> <20230612235708.GI83871@eureka.lemis.com> <20230613003035.adjty5npcpxfa6a3@illithid> In-Reply-To: <20230613003035.adjty5npcpxfa6a3@illithid> From: Clem Cole Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 23:07:04 -0400 Message-ID: To: "G. Branden Robinson" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000c6249d05fdfa2275" Message-ID-Hash: LW2J72ENNQHCYDQO3LAWDHIT24GNN23R X-Message-ID-Hash: LW2J72ENNQHCYDQO3LAWDHIT24GNN23R X-MailFrom: clemc@ccc.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: COFF X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] Re: Weedhopper? (was: crt0 -- what's in that name?) List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000c6249d05fdfa2275 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 8:30=E2=80=AFPM G. Branden Robinson < g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> wrote: > At 2023-06-13T09:57:08+1000, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > On Monday, 12 June 2023 at 18:39:32 -0400, Clem Cole wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 5:39=E2=80=AFPM G. Branden Robinson < > g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> It's an ill wind that blows a Fortran runtime using the same > convention. > > > > > > Be careful there, weedhopper ... > > > > Now there's a word I have never heard before. Neither have my > > dictionaries, and Google gets sidetracked. What's the meaning and the > > background? > > I interpreted it as a coinage based on the old _Kung Fu_ television > series (where David Carradine's youthful and callow character was called > "grasshopper" by his sensei), hybridized with a suggestion that, to > speak ill of Fortran, I must be stoned out of my gourd. ;-) > Ah, the intended audience did catch the reference -- well done. =E1=90=A7 --000000000000c6249d05fdfa2275 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 8:30= =E2=80=AFPM G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> wrote:
At 2023-06-13T09:57:08+1000, Greg '= ;groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Monday, 12 June 2023 at 18:39:32 -0400, Clem Cole wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 5:39=E2=80=AFPM G. Branden Robinson <<= a href=3D"mailto:g.branden.robinson@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">g.branden.= robinson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> It's an ill wind that blows a Fortran runtime using the s= ame convention.
> >
> > Be careful there, weedhopper ...
>
> Now there's a word I have never heard before.=C2=A0 Neither have m= y
> dictionaries, and Google gets sidetracked.=C2=A0 What's the meanin= g and the
> background?

I interpreted it as a coinage based on the old _Kung Fu_ television
series (where David Carradine's youthful and callow character was calle= d
"grasshopper" by his sensei), hybridized with a suggestion that, = to
speak ill of Fortran, I must be stoned out of my gourd.=C2=A0 ;-)
Ah, the intended=C2=A0audience did catch the reference -- w= ell done.=C2=A0
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