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nsns
on Sept 23, 2012
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Vim Koans
Seems a little confused between koans ("gong'an" = "public record") and the Taoist stories of Zhuangzi. But never mind, both are Chinese.
dkarl
on Sept 23, 2012
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The word "koan" became familiar in English through discussion of Zen koans, and that's how it's read by default unless context suggests a different reading.
gammarator
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These are referencing the "AI koans" dating back to the LISP hackers at MIT:
http://catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html
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