# Is it eunuch or unix?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-eunuch-or-unix/111209>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 28, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-eunuch-or-unix/111209 "2002-05-28T17:45:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gasu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Gasu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gasu)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-eunuch-or-unix/111209/1 "2002-05-28T17:45:09Z")

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Perhaps Larry made a spelling mistake. In any case, Cecil’s answer would have been pretty much the same. The unemployment rate among unix programmers can’t be much lower than your average eunuch.

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-eunuch-or-unix/111209/2 "2002-05-28T17:57:16Z")

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[For the link impaired.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_058.html)

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-eunuch-or-unix/111209/3 "2002-05-30T18:26:14Z")

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-eunuch-or-unix/111209/4 "2002-06-01T18:00:36Z")

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Then again, though, we all know that programmers, and especially Unix programmers, get laid regularly.

Right, ladies?

Please?

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**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-eunuch-or-unix/111209/5 "2002-06-03T13:42:10Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Chronos \*  
> \*\*Then again, though, we all know that programmers, and especially Unix programmers, get laid regularly.
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> Right, ladies?
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> Please? \*\*

Depends on whether you mean regularly as in “on a frequent, predictable basis” or as in “in the usual manner.” 🙂  
RR

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-eunuch-or-unix/111209/6 "2002-06-03T20:28:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Depends on whether you mean regularly as in “on a frequent, predictable basis” or as in “in the usual manner.”

Or “following a set of rules for pattern matching”.