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From: fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen)
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Subject: Re: program name joff
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Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 14:41:16 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  5 14:41:16 1984
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internet!Bill's follow-on to Doug Gwyn @ BRL's TOC of the BSTJ special
on Unix mentioned that the Teletype 5620 (aka Blit) was once called the
Jerq, from whence one should be able to deduce the meaning of the program
name joff.  since i haven't seen any out-and-out statement on the meaning
here's my submission (haven't had a chance to see the journal, so i didn't
cheat).

Tom Cargill is a Univ of Waterloo grad.  I seem to recall a program on
watbun called boff, meaning B Obscure Feature Finder.  I suspect that
joff is the equivalent for the Jerq.