On Wednesday 30 January 2002 18:59, Florin wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 04:40:29PM -0600, Ben Stallings wrote: > > So why is it, exactly, that the KDE archiver program isn't named archiver? > > Did its programmers start calling it "ark" to save the trouble of pronouncing > > two extra syllables, or did an early release allow only two of each kind of > > file? > > Ben, this is silly. > > florin That depends on your perspective. From the programmer's perspective, it's silly to have to type arch<tab> when ark will do. But from a support perspective, it's silly to name a program something other than what the program calls itself, because then people have trouble finding the program. --Ben