Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:04:26 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: System Admin Dan Mahoney <danm@prime.gushi.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Origin of LINT? Message-ID: <20070117043426.GL1300@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20070116232656.N46735@prime.gushi.org> References: <20070116232656.N46735@prime.gushi.org>
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--HdZAANC5GEQnh8Bp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday, 16 January 2007 at 23:28:51 -0500, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wr= ote: > I know it's probably off-topic, but I've searched google for a bit with no > results, and because I'm curious: > > Does anyone (maybe one of the old guard) know the origin of the term > "lint" for the all-inclusive feature set. I know SpamAssassin uses it as > well (it's the command line argument to just regression-test everything). =46rom K&R 1st edition (1978), page 3: This program is called lint, apparently because it picks bits of fluff from one's programs. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --HdZAANC5GEQnh8Bp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFradSIubykFB6QiMRAte/AKCAHxmlU82Gkt4AQt2Oq1CWFiT8mgCdGVNd 3gKdReezNUxLUb2EFJqqmC0= =qHdI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HdZAANC5GEQnh8Bp--
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