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Re: "ELFIO"

On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 09:06, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 08:36:27AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> >On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 03:55, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >> I can't think of any good reason for this package name to be all upper
> >> case.  I've changed it to lowercase.
> >
> >Well, it is an anacronym.
> 
> Like, say, gcc, cvs, or gdb?

Which isn't to say that they are doing the 'right thing'. The last time
I looked the english language convention for anacronyms was all-caps.

Anyway, I didn't mean to start a rabbit hole, so I'll bow out, I've said
my bit.

Rob
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