Re: An interesting thing: about the naming of xargs

On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 06:12:51PM +0000, James Youngman <[email protected]> wrote:

> Interesting question.  I just asked Herb Gellis, the inventor of
> xargs.   No answer yet.

"x" is often used in abbreviations and initialisms of
words that start with "ex". it's quite possible that it
wasn't even a conscious decision. it's a better choice
than "e" because at least "x" sounds like "ex", while
"e" doesn't.

cheers,
raf