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Just finishing up Stranger in a strange land and I'm so surprised to see 'grok' on this context. I don't think I've ever seen the word before in my life. Pretty

• espeed 13y ago
  One of my civil engineering friends said something similar the other day when I used "grok" in a conversation, and I was somewhat surprised because programmers have been using it in conversation for years (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/G/grok.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/G/grok.html). Evidently grok still has some pervading to do.
• DiabloD3 13y ago
  I'm surprised, it comes up frequently among programmers, and I know not all of them could have read that wonderful book.
  • gknoy 13y ago
    I encountered it in the Jargon file first, and that was part of what prompted me to read Stranger in a Strange Land.
    • danpat 13y ago
      Ditto. I first encountered "grok" in the early 1990s. I read Stranger in a Strange Land for the first time this year.
• gadders 13y ago
  I use it for when I completely understand a skill. On the continuum from unconscious incompetence -> conscious incompetence -> conscious competence -> unconscious competence I see it as the last step.