As far as I know, btrfs comes from "btree file system", but why does btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"? -- Wang Shaoyan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On 03/08/10 13:27, Wang Shaoyan wrote:> As far as I know, btrfs comes from "btree file system", but why does > btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"?My guess is that it is a pun on "better-fs", btr being a possible contraction of better. English is a funny old language.. -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 11:27:32AM +0800, Wang Shaoyan wrote:> As far as I know, btrfs comes from "btree file system", but why does > btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"?The same reason we pronounce "ext3" as "eks tee three" rather than "eee eks tee three"- laziness. "btree file system" is two extra syllables of inefficiency over "butter fs". -- . O . O . O . . O O . . . O . . . O . O O O . O . O O . . O O O O . O . . O O O O . O O O
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 11:27:32AM +0800, Wang Shaoyan spake thusly:> As far as I know, btrfs comes from "btree file system", but why does > btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"?Because fat and greasy is attractive and encourages adoption of the filesystem. I''m hoping we can get RMS to be the butter-eff-ess spokesman. -- Tracy "that''s a joke, son" Reed http://tracyreed.org
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Wang Shaoyan <stufever@gmail.com> wrote:> As far as I know, btrfs comes from "btree file system", but why does > btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"?I always thought it should''ve been called cowtreefs (because it uses COW, and trees, and cows are funny, trees with cows growing from them doubly so, etc.) :-)> > -- > Wang Shaoyan > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >-- Work is punishment for failing to procrastinate effectively. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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