[svlug] Meaning of a phrase

[Ian B MacLure]

>I saw the phrase "delinting" used in a description in a changelog.
>Obviously it has to do with cleaning up the code because it says it "can
>now pass -Wall."  Where does "lint" come from?  (I seem to recall the
>word glint somewhere.)  Does delinting mean just cleaning up the code?

	lint was (IIRC) a utility that DEC came up with. Originally for
	FORTRAN if I'm not entirely out to lunch.
	In any case its been around for a while and there seem to be a
	number of versions available under various titles.
	I expect that like "refrigerator" it has now passed into the language
	as a generic word rather than a reference to a specific product.