Mail Archives: cygwin/1997/10/26/03:12:55
mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke) writes:
>Hi Kevin,
>
>>I am still trying to use the gnu for windows software in anger. I am
>
>So what are you angry about ?
He's not angry. It's just a phrase. "To use ... in anger" means to
use something seriously, for real work, rather than just playing around
with it, giving it a test drive, etc.; i.e. using it as a tool rather
than a toy.
--
Fergus Henderson <fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT oz DOT au> | "I have always known that the pursuit
WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh> | of excellence is a lethal habit"
PGP: finger fjh AT 128 DOT 250 DOT 37 DOT 3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp.
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