On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Paul Manno wrote:
> 
> 
> Absolutely ... as long as the questions are clear about context.  We
> should select TLAs with care.  There are too many TLAs that overlap
> without careful context.  AFS is one such TLA within computing, cross-
> field TLAs like ATM security and PAP (Pay At Pump) can just be annoying.

Hmm, why not have a TLA glossary in the test.  Any TLA that's used
will be referenced there.  It makes it easy to include any TLAs that
are appropriate without having to decide ahead of time, and removes
any bias towards people who are more familiar with them.  Just
remember not to fully expand "GNU" ;)

-- 
Greg Pfeil --- Software Engineer --- (pfeilgm@|http://)technomadic.org
"PERL: The only language that looks the same before and after RSA
 encryption."                                           --Keith Bostic



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