ZSH History

ZSH History

[Chris]

Hi folks,

could anyone let me know what the 'Z' stands for ?


Thanks,

Chris.

Re: ZSH History

[John Reese]

2005/8/8, Chris <chrishynan@f2s.com>:
> Hi folks,
> 
> could anyone let me know what the 'Z' stands for ?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris.

I always guessed it wasn't so much that it was short for something as
that it represented something similar to the "omega" in "I am the
alpha and the omega."  I.e. the Z shell, the last word in shells.

Re: ZSH History

[Nikolai Weibull]

Chris wrote:

> could anyone let me know what the 'Z' stands for ?

Nothing.  But as it is the last letter in the latin alphabet, Zsh is
sort of the "last word in shells" (i.e., there won't be any better ones
along the way), or so I read somewhere,
        nikolai

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Re: ZSH History

[Mike Hernandez]

On 8/8/05, Nikolai Weibull
<mailing-lists.zsh-users@rawuncut.elitemail.org> wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> 
> > could anyone let me know what the 'Z' stands for ?
> 
> Nothing.  But as it is the last letter in the latin alphabet, Zsh is
> sort of the "last word in shells" (i.e., there won't be any better ones
> along the way), or so I read somewhere,
>         nikolai
> 

I thought it zsh came from an abbreviation from some teacher's name...
 At least that's what someone in #zsh told me :) He gave me a link to
a usenet post as evidence, but  I lost it =/

Mike

Re: ZSH History

[Meino Christian Cramer]

From: Chris <chrishynan@f2s.com>
Subject: ZSH History
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 18:55:59 +0100

> Hi folks,
> 
> could anyone let me know what the 'Z' stands for ?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris.
> 

Cite:

The name ZSH derives from Zhong Shao, teaching assistant at Princeton
university (now [2004] at Yale). Paul Falstad thought that his login
name, "zsh", was a good name for a shell.


Hier is the link (search for "Zhong Shao")

http://www.guckes.net/zsh/lover.html


Happy zshing!
Meino"

Re: ZSH History

[Nikolai Weibull]

Meino Christian Cramer wrote:

> The name ZSH derives from Zhong Shao, teaching assistant at Princeton
> university (now [2004] at Yale). Paul Falstad thought that his login
> name, "zsh", was a good name for a shell.

Aha, OK.  I don't remember where I read that other explanation,
        nikolai

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