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From: pete.barber@openv.co.uk (Pete Barber)
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Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 10:19:21 GMT
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On this theme, do you know wy the language forth is spelt such.  It
was supposed to be a foUrth generation language but the IBM it was
written on only supported five letter commands hence forth.