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| Canonical, adj.: The usual or standard state or manner of something. A true story: One Bob Sjoberg, new at the MIT AI Lab, expressed some annoyance at the use of jargon. Over his loud objections, we made a point of using jargon as much as possible in his presence, and eventually it began to sink in. Finally, in one conversation, he used the word "canonical" in jargon-like fashion without thinking. Steele: "Aha! We've finally got you talking jargon too!" Stallman: "What did he say?" Steele: "He just used `canonical' in the canonical way." | |
| Steele's Law: There exist tasks which cannot be done by more than ten men or fewer than one hundred. | |
| Steele's Plagiarism of Somebody's Philosophy: Everybody should believe in something -- I believe I'll have another drink. | |
