May 15, 2003

runic

adj.

Syn. obscure. VMS fans sometimes refer to Unix as ‘Runix’; Unix fans return the compliment by expanding VMS to ‘Very Messy Syntax’ or ‘Vachement Mauvais Système’ (French idiom, Hugely Bad System).

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:31 AM

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