Subject: Re: Silly question

From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 16:12:31 -0700 (PDT)

On Sat, 29 Apr 1995, Kevin Yeung wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Apr 1995, Aladdin Khamis wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 26 Apr 1995, Isaac Hepworth wrote:
> > > 
> > > Why is pine called pine?
> > > 
> > Pine(tm) --a Program for Internet News & Email-- is a tool for reading,
> 
> That's fun.  Versions before 3.91 can't handle news, if I'm not mistaken.
> 

Prior to Pine 3.90, it was "Pine is Not Elm" among other things....

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From: Anthony Iannotti <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 19:26:53 -0400 (EDT)

Pine
Is
Not
Elm

On Sat, 29 Apr 1995, Kevin Yeung wrote:

> --
> Kevin Yeung
> email: [email-masked]

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From: Nancy McGough <[email-masked]>
Date: 9 May 1995 22:16:06 -0700

Actually I think it started out meaning "Pine Is Nearly Elm"
and then became "Program for Internet News & Mail."  Some history
is at Laurence's Home Page: Naming Pine:

        http://oneworld.wa.com/laurence/pine.html

I like "Pine is Nicer than Elm" because I think it is (and I used Elm
for many years).

  -Nancy

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