[comp.misc] meaning of "nroff"

wendyk@nvuxr.UUCP (W Keilin) (10/16/87)

** ... what does [nt]roff stand for ?
 
* "roff" was the original program, and stood for "RunOFF".  I assume the
* "t" stands for "typesetter".  I've always wondered what the "n" was
* for though ("non-typesetter"?).

Amusingly, I believe the 'n' once stood for "new" (nroff was the version
that followed roff).  Maybe we should be calling it "oroff" now.

-- Wendy