GNU A Possible Ally?

[BRIAN SPILSBURY]

JH> "the exception that proves the rule", huh?  (That's a silly phrase,
JH> the one thing an exception NEVER does is prove a rule, it just says
JH> the rule isn't entirely general, like all rules.)

Just to be completely off track, fyi it actually does make sense if
you look at the pre-mathematical sense of the word, which means to test.
'the proof of the pudding is in the eating', '100 proof alcohol',
'the exception that tests the rule', etc.

:) :) :)

Brian