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From: brianw%gazooch@Sun.COM (Brian Warkentine)
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Subject: Names (Was: Re: XY and Z formats)
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Date: 22 Aug 89 20:36:52 GMT
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In article <8908221949.AA00329@expire.lcs.mit.edu> rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU writes:
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>    What was the rationale or precedent for these names?
>
>Geez, after all, it *is* called "X".

	I thought "X" was named after the predecessor "W" which runs under
	"V".    :-)    

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