Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!psuvax1!burdvax!sdcrdcf!csun!polyslo!steve From: steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Origin of 'awk' Message-ID: <1525@polyslo.UUCP> Date: 12 Mar 88 08:06:08 GMT References: <2111@ukecc.engr.uky.edu> <46800003@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: steve@polyslo.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 16 In article <46800003@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu> hafner@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >2) That it was named after the Author's dog, Biff. I heard that it was the dog that hung around the lab where they were working on it. This discussion occured sometime last year, and I believe this was accepted by at least a majority as how it happened. Anyone else remember differently??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Steve DeJarnett | ...!ihnp4!csun!polyslo!steve | | Computer Systems Lab | ...!{csustan,csun,sdsu}!polyslo!steve | | Cal Poly State Univ. | ...!ucbvax!voder!polyslo!steve | | San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include