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Open N. Abbreviation For `open (or Left) Parenthesis' -- Used When Necessary To Eliminate Oral Ambiguity.
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open n.
Abbreviation for `open (or left) parenthesis' --
used when necessary to eliminate oral ambiguity. To read aloud the
LISP form (DEFUN FOO (X) (PLUS X 1)) one might say: "Open defun
foo, open eks close, open, plus eks one, close close."
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open: n. Abbreviation for `open (or left) parenthesis' --- used when necessary to eliminate oral ambiguity.
To read aloud the LISP form (DEFUN FOO (X) (PLUS X 1)) one might say...
To open...Open like any umbrella. To close...Close like any umbrella.
-- Instructions for Sears compact manual umbrella...
A form of open-mindedness is the pathway to wisdom.
Close your mind and you open the way for ignorance to flourish, but you will never even know it....
Pandora's Rule: Never open a box you didn't close.
A door is something you're on the wrong side of when you're too short to reach the knob.
When you are tall enough to reach the knob, a door is something you have left open if it's supposed to be closed, or closed if it's supposed to be open....
mashes open Bart's piggy bank with a hammer] Oh no!
What have I done? I smashed open my little boy's piggy bank, and for what?...
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. -- Flora Whittemore
I got a garage door opener. It can't close. Just open. -- Steven Wrigh
Life is like a room full of open doors which close as you get older.