Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!att!mtuxo!rolls!raphel!dennis From: dennis@raphel.UUCP (Dennis Vogel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: SIMTEL20 to ban ARC files Summary: zoo derivation? Message-ID: <585@raphel.UUCP> Date: 16 Sep 88 12:56:53 GMT References: <6593@chinet.UUCP> <1088@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU> Lines: 17 In article <1088@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU>, ward@cfa.harvard.EDU (Steve Ward) writes: > ... > You can even use the term > "zoo" in your manuals and docs and pollute the english language > with zoo-verbs and zoo-nouns and zoo-adverbs! > > Steven Ward ...harvard!cfa!ward I haven't seen this mentioned here but I may have missed it. What is the derivation of the term 'zoo' in Rahul's archiving/ compression tools? Is it an acronym? I know it came well before the current situation with SEA v. PK but is it intended to be a reflection on the state of things in this area of shareware development? Rahul, enquiring minds want to know! Dennis R. Vogel AT&T Bell Laboratories Somerset, NJ