Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!husc6!think!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!davel From: davel@hpcupt1.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Re: biff (INFO-UNIX Digest V4#082) Message-ID: <6060003@hpcupt1.HP.COM> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 18:34:14 EST Article-I.D.: hpcupt1.6060003 Posted: Fri Dec 4 18:34:14 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Dec-87 22:58:51 EST References: <10596@brl-adm.ARPA> Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 11 > "biff" is a funny one. Everyone asks "where does the name come from". > In fact, biff was the name of a dog who hung around the fifth floor of Evans > Hall at UC Berkeley in 1981. The programmer of biff (I forget the name) > couldn't come up with a name, so it was named after the dog. I always thought that "biff" stood for the phrase "notify me asynchronously when mail arrives". After being run through crypt, of course. ;-) -Dave Lennert HP ihnp4!hplabs!hpda!davel