Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!amdahl!pyramid!prls!philabs!ttidca!paulb From: paulb@ttidca.TTI.COM (Paul Blumstein) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: GROK THIS!! Keywords: grok Message-ID: <3454@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 28 Nov 88 20:06:16 GMT References: <1289@leah.Albany.Edu> Reply-To: paulb@ncc1701.tti.com (Paul Blumstein) Organization: Random Coders Association Lines: 22 In article <1289@leah.Albany.Edu> bv3456@leah.albany.edu (Victor @ The Concrete Museum) writes: +In <191@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov>: +> Could anyone explain what a GROK is? (Some acronym?) + +If I remember correctly, R.A. Heinlein wrote a book in the early 60's called +'A Stranger in a Strange Land', which became sort of a cult hit. In the main +character's language, to "grok" roughly meant to "understand". Apologies if +I'm way off, but I think that's where I saw 'grok'. On the nose. Grok means a little more than just understand. It roughly means to understand completely. During the '60s grok started becoming a "real word". I'm surprised that it's usage died off. (Am I starting to show my age ?-). BTW, it's a great book. Read it if you can. ============================================================================= Paul Blumstein | We are confronted with insurmountable Citicorp/TTI | opportunities. -- Pogo Santa Monica, CA +------------------------------------------------- {philabs,csun,psivax}!ttidca!paulb or paulb@ttidca.TTI.COM If caught, the Secretary of Citicorp will disavow all knowledge of my actions.