[Oberon] Re (3): ftp://ftp.ics.uci.edu/pub/oberon/System3/Macintosh

[Chris Burrows]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Liam
> Proven
> Sent: Thursday, 18 June 2020 5:19 AM
> To: ETH Oberon and related systems
> Subject: Re: [Oberon] Re (3):
> ftp://ftp.ics.uci.edu/pub/oberon/System3/Macintosh
> 
> On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 at 19:37, <peter at easthope.ca> wrote:
> 
> > When authorities disagree, be extra wary.  =8~)
> 
> Sadly, overloaded TLAs in computing are commonplace.
> 
> (TLA = Three-Letter Acronym. 4-letter acronyms are known as ETLAs:
> Extended Three-Letter Acronyms.)
> 

In the GNU world these are also known as NTLA: NTLA is Not a Three-Letter Acronym ;-)

Chris B.