You are not expected to understand this

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You are not expected to understand this
Usage: cav.
Etymology: Unix
Derivation: Unix


You are not expected to understand this: cav.

[Unix] The canonical comment describing something magic or too complicated to bother explaining properly. From an infamous comment in the context-switching code of the V6 Unix kernel. Dennis Ritchie has explained this in detail.

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Source: You are not expected to understand this, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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