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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, you should look up the origin of that expression some time. It was already literal from the beginning.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

oh i know, I am an old IT guy who studied computer science in the 80s. Pretty sure that was in at least a few text books.