Almost all acronyms are overloaded. In some contexts this overloading can be ambiguous, even misleading; in others it is not.
All of the arguments about this issue have been set out, chewed over, and regurgitated repeatedly. No consensus has emerged, and none is likely. Can we now perhaps move on to other topics? John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
