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NIL
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/nil/ No. Used in reply to a question, particularly one asked using the -P
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convention. Most hackers assume this derives simply from LISP terminology
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for false (see also T ), but NIL as a negative reply was well-established
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among radio hams decades before the advent of LISP. The historical
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connection between early hackerdom and the ham radio world was strong enough
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that this may have been an influence.
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