Your mileage may vary

(idea) by Jargon (2.2 y) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 19:02:13
You know you've been hacking too long when = Y = Yow!

Your mileage may vary cav.

[from the standard disclaimer attached to EPA mileage ratings by American car manufacturers] 1. A ritual warning often found in Unix freeware distributions. Translates roughly as "Hey, I tried to write this portably, but who knows what'll happen on your system?" 2. More generally, a qualifier attached to advice. "I find that sending flowers works well, but your mileage may vary."

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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