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From: wendyk@nvuxr.UUCP (W Keilin)
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Subject: meaning of "nroff" (was Re: DAEMONs -- what does GCOS mean anyway ?)
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Date: Fri, 16-Oct-87 10:03:59 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 16 10:03:59 1987
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** ... what does [nt]roff stand for ?
 
* "roff" was the original program, and stood for "RunOFF".  I assume the
* "t" stands for "typesetter".  I've always wondered what the "n" was
* for though ("non-typesetter"?).

Amusingly, I believe the 'n' once stood for "new" (nroff was the version
that followed roff).  Maybe we should be calling it "oroff" now.

-- Wendy