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From: Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] B name origin?
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:57:32 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKzdPgwft-eB6yDWhuU33ro=Uw=p_HKc0P=irc9tVx_HoAKoNA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+ctqroNq6t=Hc4DC1cS_qDH7cruWcL+0dEA9OmuCLh1PHC0Jg@mail.gmail.com>

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Buffer, a word in editor context that came from QED but may have had
earlier roots.

-rob


On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 11:44 PM <fgergo@gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anybody know where the name B (b/B in sam) comes from?
> thanks,
> Gergely Födémesi

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2022-12-12 12:42 fgergo
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