On Wednesday, Dec 18, 2002, at 23:49 US/Pacific, Alwyn wrote:
Quote from Pierre's home page (http://www3.sympatico.ca/sarrazip/dev/sagasu-using.en.html):On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 01:44 am, Kow K wrote:Off-line topic: the package name sounds like a Japanese word meaning "search". If so, why is it named in Japanese? Has UNIX used up all the English synonyms of "search" already? ;-)I suppose it's the whimsy of its author, Pierre Sarrazin. If you know how to pronounce the word correctly, he would like to hear from you.
<http://www3.sympatico.ca/sarrazip/dev/sagasu.html>
> History
>
> Sagasu is a Japanese word that means "to search." Because of a lack of
> talent, I have a lot of trouble finding program names that are not already
> taken, especially if they are based on English, French or Latin. Exploring
> Japanese words proved to be a fruitful alternative.
My guess wasn't so wild, it seems.
Special thank for Alwyn for informing me of this web page.
Kow
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