From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26816 invoked from network); 3 Oct 2023 01:25:56 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Oct 2023 01:25:56 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A2F340273; Tue, 3 Oct 2023 11:25:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-xe34.google.com (mail-vs1-xe34.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e34]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D53BF40112 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2023 11:25:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-xe34.google.com with SMTP id ada2fe7eead31-452b4fd977eso213588137.1 for ; Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:25:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; t=1696296334; x=1696901134; darn=tuhs.org; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=4h43vxX//4XQK821q8HMvS6Lv7hRN6y9sO53rzcD2nU=; b=Odpl0/AxRrT1/wn/FgHSx3moHQFoFm+YcOzfeB9mlNZbbpjq9OlY/EYgpM2f2AmeUP 2zl3pK8ovPnpL5nj4ZPzt33JOTIMy8KMLYVil/mfz77R9CJvsB72rO13jHitAL3uvght csP4Cv409DUMqoXOWbt1UTToOqZBXTNFZT5p/8Q5AictEr/ppthP89ackyRG2UUCvEBr XXU39NMbmNNcQN6IAPo+BG4eiBdvGC0Ys15L+NOhnrhdReJJ1TJmu+SpFK77wFRlmcNV G30xEEpHyjL5eRrUXq/PJHOWEoqmTsFWU7+TSYr2a4k69q+KpWXi2kgDIrKzEADuM9aA Pg4Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1696296334; x=1696901134; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=4h43vxX//4XQK821q8HMvS6Lv7hRN6y9sO53rzcD2nU=; b=EPESUtHB4X3Drx7AGEGd+CLOMBrmerY/oEE8i5UtIcri1S7X7qe6pAUfYFFwmjTXbx pd3YnC22bMEv4fscUQxCdXc9454YaEgDNXqpiT9RfPSqm/AkUtm42eg3RF57lr3yeh7k k/Wufq/Knbeasy/AoQNvJ4rBw5xWIg3Hrco8s93SuWD18iTGss1U0RLQCy7P6jJc3nBX DcJTWMXXhxAOnlhXfa7bLkZf5uIr+8xk45SbTfIbElYx7wwvTEBpBcJvdA8wp3wYaNd+ wtRFw92Y7TC0gIinxiTIp9guQ3ZGDsdAJgIuj/88ZZbDDKV+onggqRgs8O0fYuKTHsUm dm7Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwtWqUR8Eg28a/pvSXi+b33pFBZ1PlfzYORKIOnJ0eDvi2q2D5S KH2MKqm+95Lx2GUymHzhRRDEqQY4465twfl3h/HW6HKRmZEVoDPwOcA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGjV7+gwdePfDbDmNI17XN3mnCpXfe0lCRpHAudLZRtF1Tge4LUns3MRJK5TPLA95Cl7C6EQ0k8T093qrksdNc= X-Received: by 2002:a67:f5cf:0:b0:452:f119:20f with SMTP id t15-20020a67f5cf000000b00452f119020fmr12300414vso.8.1696296334369; Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:25:34 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 21:25:18 -0400 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list , scj@yaccman.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID-Hash: 3YMTYL5DD6HL263BA3PR2AYZM3J4TBJY X-Message-ID-Hash: 3YMTYL5DD6HL263BA3PR2AYZM3J4TBJY X-MailFrom: douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] etymology of yacc List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Steve, Was Yacc an original coinage, or was it inspired by a similar acronym for yet another whatever? The question is inspired by Yamoo, yet another map of Orion, which is mentioned in today's NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/science/orion-nebula-webb-planets.html. Do the two acronyms share a common ancestor? Doug