[Yeah, a bit redundant... the other mail reminded me this one was written but waiting review before sending]
Hi, [email protected] (2010-10-02 at 1422.35 +0900): > On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:10:39 +0200, Christopher Roy Bratusek wrote: > > Adds edge-flip-enabled as gaol'ed symbol > > Tell me, what's gaol? I've been wanting to ask it, but finally > the occasion has arrived. :) Another of those words you learn from programs (like yank from emacs). ;] It appears in the dict, but no idea how widely used: Gaol \Gaol\ (j[=a]l), n. [See {Jail}.] A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the United States usually, written {jail}.] [1913 Webster] The librep info confirms the usage: * `gaol' module providing semi-safe environment for untrusted code to evaluate in So conceptually, like chroot, jails, virtual machines, etc, a mean to separate code parts (with different levels of effectiveness and security). GSR
