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RE: cyg/lib DLL naming
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'The Cygwin-Talk Malignant List'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:58:35 +0100
- Subject: RE: cyg/lib DLL naming
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
----Original Message----
>From: Dave Korn
>Sent: 17 June 2005 10:23
> ----Original Message----
>> From: Igor Pechtchanski
>> Sent: 17 June 2005 04:30
>
>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Charles Wilson wrote:
>>
>>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, I'm all for Igor getting away in time, but giving them
>>>> parachutes does spoil that lovely SPLATTTTT sound they usually make
>>>> when they hit the ground! Can you strap tape-recorders to their backs
>>>> so that we can still have sound-effects?
>>>
>>> No no no. Hippos do not go SPLATTTTT. It's whales that go SPLATTTT (a
>>> "sudden wet thud" cf. Chp. 18) Didn't you ever read The Hitchhiker's
>>> Guide to the Galaxy?
>>
>> Ok, ok, whales go SPLATTTT. Hippos go SPLATTT. :-)
>> Igor
>
>
> No, whales go KERRRRRRRSQUELCHSLOSHSPPLATTTTTTTT.
>
> Whereas with hippos it's more of a
> WHEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeBOOOOOMTHUDSPLATTT.
>
>
>
>
>
> I hope this helps clear matters up.
>
> cheers,
> DaveK
>
>
> P.S. By the time you can hear the 'WHEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee', it's already too
> late to duck.
P.P.S. Unless the hippo is wearing a parachute, of course!
cheers,
DaveK
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