16 Sep
2024
16 Sep
'24
9:02 a.m.
Peter Weinberger (温博格) via TUHS <tuhs(a)tuhs.org> wrote:
I think the one that needs more explaining is grep. If
brevity were
the sole criterion, it could have been shorter.
First, it was mnemonic for the ed(1) syntax g/re/p, and second
have a vowel in it (instead of calling it grp) made it easily
pronounceable.
I also suspect that at this point we're overthinking it. :-)
Arnold