Re: Strange and wonderful prog names (was Re: Worst error messages...)

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From: dbr... David Brooks
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 1990 22:19

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In article <22...@opus.cs.mcgill.ca>, pet...@opus.cs.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch) writes:
|> How about other creatively named programs?

When the University of Cambridge was putting together a time-sharing
service in the mid 60's, they listed the basic software they'd need:
something like "an editor, a load-and-go assembler, a relocatable
Fortran compiler, a relocatable loader, et al."

But they forgot to put "a relocatable assembler" on the list.  So when
it was written it was called ETAL.
-- 
David Brooks				dbr...@osf.org
Systems Engineering, OSF		uunet!osf.org!dbrooks
"A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine, and Six Spades Redoubled" -- Omar somebody.

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From: dbr...@osf.org (David Brooks)
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Subject: Re: Strange and wonderful prog names (was Re: Worst error messages...)
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