From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2006-11-16T13:11:16+09:00
Subject: Re: #returning and #tap

Hal Fulton wrote:
> Joel VanderWerf wrote:
...
>> I can't quite see why "tap" is a good name for that, though...
>>
> 
> I suppose it's as in "tap a keg."  :)
> In other words, an analogy for the Unix "tee"
> utility, which is named for a T-shaped (real-life) pipe...

A tee branches. Does a keg tap branch?

Hum, maybe it does. I skipped all those I Tappa Keg parties.

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