Authors' Initials in Program Names

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From: mon... Steve Monson
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 1990 14:24

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In article <1990Sep2...@axion.bt.co.uk> PK...@axion.bt.co.uk writes:
>
>jove	Jonathon's Own Version of Emacs
>twm	Tom's window manager (?)

And then there's Paul Roper, (at least formerly) of Ensign Computers in
Provo, Utah (Hi, Paul!), who delivers his own versions of BASIC, DOS, etc.,
named (appropriately enough):

pbasic
pdos

etc. In all fairness, he's a crack programmer, and has turned out some fine
code.
--
Life has its compensations ... but there's no way of knowing what they are.

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