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Hacker Folklore – The Funny Origins of Computing Terms

2 pointsby omn1about 5 years ago

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omn1about 5 years ago
Author here. Planning to write a sequel about the origins of well-known tools and programming languages.<p>E.g. grep coming from global search in Vim: g&#x2F;re&#x2F;p &quot;Perform a [g]lobal search using a [r]egular [e]xpression and [p]rint matching lines&quot;.<p>If you know of any others, post them here in the comments and I&#x27;ll make sure to give you credits.