Re: C++ compiler for AS/400?

[Blair Wyman <wyman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Excerpts from midrange-l: 24-Mar'00 Re: C++ compiler for AS/400? "Peter
Dow"@yahoo.com (1226*) 

> IKTAN? I couldn't find it on any of the acronym databases... 

<sheepish grin>  I knew this acronym would trigger a question or two. 

Using "IKTAN" was sort of an inside joke to (former IBMer) Jon Paris --
it stands for "I Know This Ain't NITPICK". 

When VM ruled the world of IBM, there were a bunch of company-wide,
internal-only discussion forums on VM.  One of the forums was NITPICK
FORUM, in which appenders would criticize anything anyone wrote, for the
most ridiculously minor reasons.  It became sort of a game.  For all I
know, it's still out there (though I couldn't find it just now). 

So, basically, saying IKTAN is the same as saying, "This is a trivial
point or correction, of no real consequence, but..." 

Bottom line, your acronym database isn't broken -- I sorta "cheated."  *8-) 

-blair 
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