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From: John Reese <john.reese@gmail.com>
To: Chris <chrishynan@f2s.com>
Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: ZSH History
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:19:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <488030720508081119eb3d6fe@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42F79CAF.4090603@f2s.com>

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.


  reply	other threads:[~2005-08-08 18:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-08 17:55 Chris
2005-08-08 18:19 ` John Reese [this message]
2005-08-08 18:27 ` Nikolai Weibull
2005-08-08 18:37   ` Mike Hernandez
2005-08-08 19:05 ` Meino Christian Cramer
2005-08-08 19:35   ` Nikolai Weibull

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