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Re:Window System X (1984) by arethuza on Monday January 17, 2022 @04:45AM (#29964903)
It was explained to me by one of Arthur's colleagues at the Turing Institute that PdB stood for "Pure Dead Brilliant" - which indeed it was and the Institute being in Glasgow.

HyperNeWS was definitely one of the neatest systems I have ever worked with.

Edit: I also really liked PostScript.

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Re:Window System X (1984) by DonHopkins on Monday January 17, 2022 @07:03AM (#29965728)
That's right! ;)

http://www.scotranslate.com/translate/scottish/pure-dead-bri...

>pure dead brilliant - Scottish to English : The English translation of "pure dead brilliant" is 1. exceptional 2. fantastic

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