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• Quote #575 The argument against using an operator for other than its primary purpose strikes me the same as the old argument that you shouldn't have sex for other than procreational purposes.
  Sometimes side effects are more enjoyable than the originally intended effect....
• lashdot effect n. 1. Also spelled "/. effect"; what is said to have happened when a website being virtually unreachable because too many people are hitting it after the site was mentioned in an interesting article on the popular Slashdot news service.
  The term is quite widely used by /. readers, including variants like "That site has been slashdotted again!...
• generate vt. To produce something according to an algorithm or program or set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) side effect of the execution of an algorithm or program.
  The opposite of parse. This term retains its mechanistic connotations (though often humorously) when used of human behavior....
• generate: vt. To produce something according to an algorithm or program or set of rules, or as a (possibly unintended) side effect of the execution of an algorithm or program.
  The opposite of {parse}. This term retains its mechanistic connotations (though often humorously) when used of human behavior....
• wrap around vi. (also n. `wraparound' and v. shorthand `wrap') 1.
  [techspeak] The action of a counter that starts over at zero or at `minus infinity' (see infinity) after its maximum value has been reached, and continues incrementing, either because it is programmed to do so or because of an overflow (as when a car's odometer starts over at 0)....
• wrap around: vi. (also n. `wraparound' and v. shorthand `wrap') 1.
  [techspeak] The action of a counter that starts over at zero or at `minus infinity' (see {infinity}) after its maximum value has been reached, and continues incrementing, either because it is programmed to do so or because of an overflow (as when a car's odometer starts over at 0)....
• When action becomes unprofitable, gather information: when further information has no value, sleep.
• Using a morning star in the evening has no effect.