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		paulkoer on July 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken... I have to ask: What does this Acme stand for?

Vivtek on July 1, 2013 [–]

It doesn't stand for anything - it's the company that Wile E. Coyote orders wacky equipment from in the cartoons in order to defeat the Road Runner. It's the namespace in CPAN for joke modules.

paulkoer on July 1, 2013 | [–]

Thank you, I had been wondering about that every now and then.

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