Re: Stored procedure that safely increments a column

In article <aa35e84a-afd2-4d62-bc1e-a709bb0fb1bf_at_googlegroups.com>,  <jhallbox_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 2:42:35 PM UTC-7, Axel Schwenke wrote:
> > RTFM on user variables.
> >
> > XL
>
> Now that it is 2018 what would you vote for as a good substitute for RTFM?
>
> For background, it was "Read The Field Manual" however by 2012 it was firmly "READ THE FUCKING MANUAL".
>
> Now that these are softer and gentler times may I suggest we update the rfc to consider uppercase usage of RTFM to be
> equivalent of "READ THE FUCKING MANUAL" and lowercase usage, rtfm to be equivalent to "Read the Field Manual, Would be
> my suggestion <pronoun> <person>"

Well I've just looked in my print copy of "The New Hacker's Dictionary" from 1991, and even then, it gives RTFM with your 2012 definition. No mention of "Field". And also RTM as a more polite version. UTSL is in there too.

Interestingly, being from 1991, there is of course no mention of "Linux" - times certainly have changed!

Cheers
Tony

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