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likeclockwork on Nov 9, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Urbit: a personal cloud computer

Please define "TLV", "OLV", and "lapidary".

urbit on Nov 10, 2014 | [–]

Three-letter variable, one-letter variable, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lapidary.

tromp on Nov 10, 2014 | [–]

Three/One Letter Variables.

Lapidary:

(of language) engraved on or suitable for engraving on stone and therefore elegant and concise.

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