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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Your mileage may vary</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../Y.html" title="Y"/><link rel="previous" href="You-know-you-ve-been-hacking-too-long-when.html" title="You know you've been hacking too long when"/><link rel="next" href="Yow-.html" title="Yow!"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Your mileage may vary</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="You-know-you-ve-been-hacking-too-long-when.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Y</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Yow-.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Your-mileage-may-vary"/><dt xmlns="" id="Your-mileage-may-vary"><b>Your mileage may vary</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">cav.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from the standard disclaimer attached to EPA mileage ratings by
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American car manufacturers] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. A ritual warning often found in Unix freeware distributions.
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Translates roughly as “<span class="quote">Hey, I tried to write this portably, but who
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<span class="emphasis"><em>knows</em></span> what'll happen on your system?</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 2. More generally, a qualifier attached to advice. “<span class="quote">I find
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