Jeez, I was wondering what was the deal with their choice of acronyms. While funny now, it made it rather difficult to grok their API quickly.
Alexey 2001 Honda CBR600F4i (CCS) 1992 Kawasaki EX500 http://azinger.blogspot.com http://bsheet.sourceforge.net http://wcollage.sourceforge.net --- On Thu, 11/6/08, Marcelo Fukushima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Marcelo Fukushima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: POI stands for.... To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:36 AM some of the classes are also bitter-named: HSSF stands for Horrible SpreadSheet Format On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > // shows my age > > ...allegedly POI originally stood for "Poor Obfuscation > Implementation", and no doubt reflects early frustration with the > arbitrarily silly Microsoft file formats. > > But I think at some point relations improved with Microsoft, and so in > order to play nice, the original unofficial meaning of POI was > redacted. Now it doesn't stand for anything. > > > > > > -- []'s Marcelo Takeshi Fukushima --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
