It is indeed an inside joke.

It is indeed an inside joke.:
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Posted by Umguy on October 27, 2000 at 13:24:04:

In Reply to: Re: I didn't think it meant anything outside of Unix but... posted by Harlequin on October 27, 2000 at 13:17:39:

The old joke is: An Implementor's most deadly weapon is grep.

Those of you who know exactly how grep works will understand why it's an Implementor's most deadly weapon. So, the original designers put in an attack name called grep. I imagine they made really badass weapons so they could go unspeak mortals with their grepping and snicker. Geeks. (Being a geek myself, I do not really consider that a true insult :P)

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What was really funny was when you fought the eunuch's in New Thalos...their attack was grep n/t Takashimi 20:12:43 10/27/2000 (0)
I think the dwarf with the canteen at the beginning of Camelot attacks grep. *curtsey* n/t Ekirhal 15:28:31 10/27/2000 (2)
- He does and in addition you can get his cidgel and hit for the same damage noun. I know the noun is a part of rom 2.3 but what the hell is it? n/t oddjob 17:50:57 10/27/2000 (0)
- So does the Apothecary shop keeper in galadin *wince* n/t Ladyssa 15:47:40 10/27/2000 (0)

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Comments:	> The old joke is: An Implementor's most deadly weapon is grep. > Those of you who know exactly how grep works will understand why it's an Implementor's most deadly weapon. So, the original designers put in an attack name called grep. I imagine they made really badass weapons so they could go unspeak mortals with their grepping and snicker. Geeks. (Being a geek myself, I do not really consider that a true insult :P)