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From: jerry@altos86.Altos.COM (Jerry Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Pronunciations
Message-ID: <16@altos86.Altos.COM>
Date: 20 Nov 89 21:04:17 GMT
References: <21489@adm.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: jerry@altos86.UUCP (Jerry Gardner)
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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In article <21489@adm.BRL.MIL> AGRISCS@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Don Ingli) writes:

}  REMEMBER: most of the worlds best programmers are also kinda lazy as in
}            pronunciations.  Also take a look at unix  LS  why not LIST,
}            PR  why not PRINT,  LP  why not LINEPRINT???  It seems to me
}            that the computing world wants quick and easy commands and the
}            computing world wants quick and easy pronunciations.
}

The first UNIX systems used 110 buad mechanical teletypes as input devices.
This is the real reason why UNIX commands are typically short.  Would you 
want to type "lineprint" on one of those beasts when you could type "lp"?

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