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Re: Origin of the 'E' in SAGE.



Actually, if I remember correctly Elizabeth Zwicky said it was the "e" that
should have been in resolv.conf.

-> Paul <-

chuck writes:
> It's the "e" that should have been in "creat(2)"
> 
> 
> Quoting Marc W. Mengel (mengel@fnal.gov):
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Graham Dunn wrote:
> > 
> > > Does anyone know ? It's been bugging me for some time. I mean, 'SAG' is a
> > > pretty awful acronym.
> > 
> > SAG is already the Screen Actors Guild, and while an honorable bunch
> > in their own right, the E in ours was to distinguish us from them, I
> > think.
> > 
> > I suppose it could be *made* to stand for something, like "Extrordinaire",
> > but moste things I can think of sound either silly or pretentious (or
> > both)...
> > 
> > Marc