Re: Looking for Long Tooth...

[Lee Chalupa <lchalupa@seelink.org>]

Someone asked about the reference to long tooth....

I found this on the web...

"Long in the tooth" is, of course, a figure of speech meaning "of advanced 
years," "past its prime," or simply "old." The core of the mystery is why 
teeth, and the apparent growth thereof, should be associated with the march 
of time. While the well-known case of Little Red Riding Hood would seem to 
offer a clue ("Oh Grandma, what big teeth you have!"), I believe the Riding 
Hood fiasco was primarily a matter of mental, not dental, disturbance. In 
approaching this case, I believe our first real clue may be found in the 
words of the patron saint of TV journalism, Mr. Ed. "Go to the source and 
ask the horse," Ed often advised, and sounder words were never spoken by an 
oatburner. It seems that the gums of horses recede as they age, gradually 
revealing more of the teeth, making them appear longer. Thus a horse ready 
for retirement was said to be "long in the tooth," and checking Old 
Dobbin's teeth has long been considered one of the most effective ways a 
buyer has of gauging a nag's age.


lee



On Wed, 09 Apr 2003 09:24:20 -0400, Lee Chalupa <lchalupa@seelink.org> 
wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I would like to find some examples of business problems that are 
> addressed using
> bitwise operators or shift operators.
>
> I think one of the reasons people have trouble with these two topics is 
> that they
> seem irrelevant to their work.
>
> My guess is that some of our more experienced programmers used these 
> operators in the "good old days".
>
> Does anybody have some practical examples of where they put these 
> operators to good use?
>
> Thanks
>
> Lee Chalupa
> AJUG Certification Group
>
>



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