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Posted to users@maven.apache.org by John Casey <jd...@commonjava.org> on 2004/07/01 14:50:58 UTC
Re: OT: What the hell is "catch-22" [was Re: howto: request
committer status]
:) sorry.
Catch-22 is when no possible action can have a good result...sort of
"damned if you do, damned if you don't" to use another cliche.
HTH,
john
On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 08:36, Martin Skopp wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 23:27, John Casey wrote:
> > Catch-22 alleviated.
>
> Could please someone explain a non-native speaker like me that
> mysterious "catch-22" term. Thanks folks,
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Re: OT: What the hell is "catch-22" [was Re: howto: request
committer status]
Posted by Alex Karasulu <ao...@bellsouth.net>.
That was the title of a famous book by Joseph Heller.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684833395/002-0109254-6032057?v=glance
Alex
On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 08:50, John Casey wrote:
> :) sorry.
>
> Catch-22 is when no possible action can have a good result...sort of
> "damned if you do, damned if you don't" to use another cliche.
>
> HTH,
> john
>
> On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 08:36, Martin Skopp wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 23:27, John Casey wrote:
> > > Catch-22 alleviated.
> >
> > Could please someone explain a non-native speaker like me that
> > mysterious "catch-22" term. Thanks folks,
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