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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month agoPine was already taken by an email reader. One of the early ascii email readers was called elm, for ELectronic Mail. Pine was made after elm and it stands for Pine Is Not Elm.
minus-squareskulblakalinkfedilink3•1 month agoI’m starting to get the impression that most software older than me is defined more by what it isn’t than by what it is.
Pine was already taken by an email reader. One of the early ascii email readers was called elm, for ELectronic Mail. Pine was made after elm and it stands for Pine Is Not Elm.
I’m starting to get the impression that most software older than me is defined more by what it isn’t than by what it is.