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The xyzzy() function has been part of the Ingres product since at least version 5 (late 1980s), but was removed from the main codeline sometime in the early 2000s. While talking to one of the members of the Ingres development team, Wim de Boer, at that time the secretary of the Ingres Users Group Nederland (IUGN), mentioned the removal of this ...
Metasyntactic variables used commonly across all programming languages include foobar, foo, bar, baz, qux, quux, corge, grault, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, and thud. [1] [3] Two of these words, plugh and xyzzy, are taken from the game Colossal Cave Adventure. [4] A fuller reference can be found in The Hacker's Dictionary from MIT Press.
"In the game, Zork, typing xyzzy and pressing enter produces the response: A hollow voice says 'fool'" contains within the sentence a citation to the game Zork. "The indie game Minecraft includes a 'xyzzy' enchantment for tools and weapons, although it is currently unknown as to what effect it has" contains a citation to the game Minecraft .
The XYZZY Awards are the annual awards given to works of interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards for film. [1] The awards were inaugurated in 1997 by Eileen Mullin, the editor of XYZZYnews. [2] Any game released during the year prior to the award ceremony is eligible for nomination to receive an award.
Are you so sure. I've used "per nom" all my time here, and see lots of people do it. Canadianshoper 20:34, 26 February 2007 (UTC) I might well be wrong, but I've always read the "per" as "according to" as in "per your instructions". So, yes it is used all the time, but not by the nominator him/herself.
Swift’s fans have taken to trading DIY friendship bracelets during the concerts, an homage to “You’re On Your Own, Kid.” (In the song, Swift notably croons, “So make the friendship ...
A screenshot of the website in 2011. YTMND, an initialism for "You're the Man Now, Dog", is [a] an online community centered on the creation of hosted memetic web pages (known within the community as fads, YTMNDs, or sites) featuring a juxtaposition of an image (still or short animation) centered or tiled along with optional large zooming text and a looping sound file.
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