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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!ncrlnk!torynews!lms
- From: lms@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Max Stern 310-524-6152)
- Subject: Re: Bang
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.185921.4389@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>
- Summary: Huh!
- Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
- Disclaimer: This posting does not neccessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.
- References: <1992Jul29.111040.11794@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 18:59:21 GMT
- Lines: 41
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- In article <1992Jul29.111040.11794@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> p2018756@cumulus.csd.unsw.OZ.AU (Yagna Pant) writes:
- >From vn Wed Jul 29 21:04:42 1992
- >Subject: Re: "Bang!"
- >Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
- >References: <1992Jul28.085235.8554@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
- >
- >From article <1992Jul28.085235.8554@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>, by kambic@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Bonus, Iniquus, Celer - Delegitus Duo):
- >> I suspect that this is in one of the FAQ's, so if it is, just please point.
- >>
- >> Can anyone please provide references to "Bang." I believe that it is related
- >> to module fan-in-fan-out, but am not sure of the actual mathematical
- >> definition.
- >>
- ...
- >>
- >
- >T. DeMarco, Controlling Software Projects: Management and Estimation,
- >Yourdon Press, New York, 1982.
- >
- >T. DeMarco, In the Land of Function Metrics, Presentation at the Fifth
- >Internation COCOMO User's Group Conference, Pittsburgh, October 1989.
- >
- >T. DeMarco, An Algorithm for Sizing Software Products, Performance
- >Evaluation Review, 12, 2, 13--22, Spring-Summer 1984.
- >
-
- I'm hopelessly lost. What is this thread about?
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- I thought "Bang" was the vernacular name for the exclamation mark.
- That is, when reading aloud, one would pronounce
-
- torynews!ncrlink
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- as "torynews bang ncrlink"
-
- What else does Bang mean?
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