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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Real Soon Now</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="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="Real-Programmer.html" title="Real Programmer"/><link rel="next" href="real-time.html" title="real time"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Real Soon Now</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Real-Programmer.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="real-time.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Real-Soon-Now"/><dt xmlns="" id="Real-Soon-Now"><b>Real Soon Now</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adv.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [orig. from SF's fanzine community, popularized by Jerry Pournelle's
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column in <i class="citetitle">BYTE</i>] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. Supposed to be available (or fixed, or cheap, or whatever) real
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soon now according to somebody, but the speaker is quite skeptical.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. When one's gods, fates, or other time commitments permit one to
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get to it (in other words, don't hold your breath). Often abbreviated RSN.
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