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Heh, the last time I saw something called pushmi/pullyu it was clkao's svn repo sync stuff. Is that where you got the names from or somewhere else? (the blast-
by mst 5y ago
Heh, the last time I saw something called pushmi/pullyu it was clkao's svn repo sync stuff.
Is that where you got the names from or somewhere else? (the blast-from-the-past aspect of seeing those names again has got me wondering about the etymology in general :)
- matt_kantor 5y agoIt's a creature from Doctor Dolittle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Dolittle_characters#Pushmi-Pullyu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Dolittle_charac...
- mst 5y agoAha! Thank you.