[net.nlang] proposed name for file redirection chars

jnw@uvacs.UUCP (06/13/83)

Re : burl.175 from Curtis (The Mad Programmer) Jackson

Curtis' naming scheme points out a problem with ASCII, that is

	<  and  >  do double (or triple) duty as characters.

Not only are they used for
	i) Less Than and Greater Than, but also
	ii) for Left Angle Bracket and Right Angle Bracket, and
	iii) for file redirection in Unix,
Three quite different usages.  Presumable there should be six different
characters.  There are different names for the first two usages, but no
accepted name for the third usage.

Dave Methvin formerly of uvacs used the names "In Hoinkey" and "Out Hoinkey"
for Unix file redirection characters.  I like these names and hope they
become industry standards.  (For brevity, "hoinkey" can be shortened to
"hoink.")

				joe wilson
				Univ. of Virginia
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nather@utastro.UUCP (06/16/83)

An alternate suggestion:

	>	guzinta
	<	comzouta

which can be shortened to "inta" and "outa."

chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (06/17/83)

No, no, no!!  "|" is gozinta:  ls gozinta awk gozinta sort.

					- Chris
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nather@utastro.UUCP (06/20/83)

Forgive me.  Of *course* `|' is guzinta (sp?).
Our technology is rapidly outstripping our ability to name it.

pab@utah-cs.UUCP (06/30/83)

	In the context of redirection I usually call them:

		>  into
		<  from
		|  thru

		-ptr-
				...harpo!utah-cs!pab