M> Listen, Wilwilwil, I'm a poor English-speaking woman and I can't
M> fathom what these things mean either! I used to think 'kludge' was
M> something like Rube Goldberg art where you put odd things together to
M> make them work in a way in which they were not intended! (clear as
M> mud?) But in the computer world, words like 'kluge' and 'protocol' are
M> for special, discrete cases and they mean something very specific.

ok, kludges are headers. If you are reading mail, hit CONTROL-SHIFT-K
and it will change and show you all the normally invisible headers (
kludges). magic!!

M> I
M> left the Opera list after someone whose native language was not
M> English, but who knew a lot about computing, yelled at me for wanting
M> to develop protocols. I was using that term to mean taking specific
M> steps to achieve a result, not anything to do with programming! So,
M> don't worry, you're not alone! :)

he had no right to yell, even if he was a moderator, which I doubt :)

W>> Of course I don't ask for a simple translation but I hope I can
W>> find explain and a "What for it is".

M> I look forward to learn from the answers to these questions, too!

go head, ask! If I can't answer it ( probably) I learn by looking it up!

keeps my head clean and sharp!
-- 
 Paul
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