On Sat, 1 May 2010 20:23:50 -0400, Barry Miller wrote:

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>Yes, I know this is somewhat off-topic, but I think it's fascinating,
>like, "Why'd they call it 'awk'?"  Now there's an acronym for you.
>
Did you leave that as an "exercise for the reader" ?

It's too easy and, although I'm not spoiling the "exercise", I'll bet
somebody jumps in very soon!

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