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j79
on May 24, 2011
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The Story of the HTML5 Shiv « Paul Irish
Could anyone explain what the difference is between a shim and a shiv?
JoachimSchipper
on May 24, 2011
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It's really a shim; I suppose they may have called it a shiv (prison slang for "improvised knife") to be able to talk about putting a shiv into IE...
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shim
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shiv
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