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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XY and Z formats
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Date: 22 Aug 89 19:48:59 GMT
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    What was the rationale or precedent for these names?

It is well known that I am terrible at making up names, and that's being kind.
Geez, after all, it *is* called "X".  Unfortunately, too many people let me get
away with it when X11 was being designed, and you're stuck with it now.  I
doubt I can give you a rationale for how things were named.