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RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:34:08 -0000
- Subject: RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
> Sent: 07 January 2005 03:42
> Program names like "grep" and (to a lesser extent) "ls" are really
> nonsensical.
"grep" isn't a nonsense word, it's an acronym. A little strained, perhaps,
but still an acronym that concisely describes what the software does.
cheers,
DaveK
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