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Taken
from the book 'Stranger in a Strange Land,'
literally
meaning 'to drink' but taken to mean 'understanding.' Often used by programmers and other assorted
geeks
.
It
took
me a long
time
to grok Perl, but now I can read it without going
blind
!
grok
by
/dev/dave
October 1, 2003