[bitc-dev] Moose, rugs, and separate compilation

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

Thanks for the correction. Robin always did have a knack for a nice
turn of phrase.

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Mark Miller <erights at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Jonathan S. Shapiro <shap at eros-os.com> wrote:
>> Xerox PARC had a wonderful expression: "the moose under the rug",
>> which is to say: the big issue that nobody wants to talk about.
>
> Origin is Robin Hanson, from a conversation at Xanadu. We had just
> swept some particular point under the rug. Robin said "I think you
> just swept a moose under that rug." It stuck.
>
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>    Cheers,
>    --MarkM
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