> > > > until I realized that /etc/rc.conf was empty.  It's the anti-POLA!  ;)
> 
> > > That's "POMA" :)
> 
> > Could somebody tell me the meaning of those acronyms?
> 
> POLA -> Policy? Of Least Astonishment
> POMA ->    "    "  Most     "        (seems jkh just made this one up :-)
> 
> anyway, the intent should be clear now.

Principle.

It's an engineering rule of thumb.  It's been attributedo various
sources, including being called a variation of the Hypocratic Oath
("Above all else, do no harm").


                                        Terry Lambert
                                        te...@lambert.org
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