[TUHS] On computerese

[arnold at skeeve.com]

Peter Weinberger (温博格) via TUHS <tuhs at 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