Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!decvax!decwrl!sun!gnu From: gnu@sun.uucp (John Gilmore) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.jokes Subject: Re: program name joff Message-ID: <1865@sun.uucp> Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 21:28:20 EST Article-I.D.: sun.1865 Posted: Tue Dec 11 21:28:20 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 07:13:38 EST References: <37@mot.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 13 Xref: watmath net.unix:3103 net.jokes:9910 mot!fred says: > 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. I think he's gotten to the meat of the topic and has things well in hand.