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From: ken@aiva.ed.ac.uk (Ken Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: What does nroff stand for ?
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Date: Wed, 21-Oct-87 09:26:42 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 21 09:26:42 1987
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> From: davy@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Dave Curry)
> 
> I've always wondered what the "n" [in nroff] was
> for though ("non-typesetter"?).

Probably "not".

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