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Re: An interesting thing: about the naming of xargs
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raf |
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Re: An interesting thing: about the naming of xargs |
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Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:19:27 +1100 |
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 06:12:51PM +0000, James Youngman <jay@gnu.org> wrote:
> Interesting question. I just asked Herb Gellis, the inventor of
> xargs. No answer yet.
"x" is often used in abbreviations and initialisms of
words that start with "ex". it's quite possible that it
wasn't even a conscious decision. it's a better choice
than "e" because at least "x" sounds like "ex", while
"e" doesn't.
cheers,
raf