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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>NIL</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="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="Nightmare-File-System.html" title="Nightmare File System"/><link rel="next" href="Ninety-Ninety-Rule.html" title="Ninety-Ninety Rule"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">NIL</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Nightmare-File-System.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Ninety-Ninety-Rule.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="NIL"/><dt xmlns="" id="NIL"><b>NIL</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/nil/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> No. Used in reply to a question, particularly one asked using the
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‘-P’ convention. Most hackers assume this derives simply from
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LISP terminology for ‘false’ (see also
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<a href="../T/T.html"><i class="glossterm">T</i></a>), 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
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enough that this may have been an influence.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Nightmare-File-System.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Ninety-Ninety-Rule.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Nightmare File System<65></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>Ninety-Ninety Rule</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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