> > Interesting... Some CPU-intensive work I have done on UML ran as close > to full speed as damnit is to swearing (as my late Grandmother used to > say). > >
Well, I've been saying "as near as dammit" for years. I guess this must be the origin of the phrase. (I speak as one to whom the explanation of "the last straw" came as a dazzling illumination at about age 15).
