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From: sarge@swindle.Berkeley.EDU (Steven Sargent)
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Subject: Re: Origin of 'awk'
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Date: 23 Mar 88 06:45:00 GMT
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> >
> >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

Biff Studworth III was Heidi Stettner's dog.  He used to ride the Evans
Hall elevators, and would also come to database seminar.  His picture
was in the grad students' "rogues' gallery"; he was listed as a PhDog
candidate.

A very nice fellow, by academic standards (insert stoopid USEnet grimace).

Steven Sargent.

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