I SEE NO X HERE.


Meaning of I SEE NO X HERE. in English

Hackers (and the interactive computer games they write) traditionally favor this slightly marked usage over other possible equivalents such as "There's no X here!" or "X is missing." or "Where's the X?". This goes back to the original PDP-10 ADVENT , which would respond in this wise if you asked it to do something involving an object not present at your location in the game.

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.