* Re: why does btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"?
2010-08-03 3:27 why does btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"? Wang Shaoyan
@ 2010-08-03 3:37 ` Chris Samuel
2010-08-03 3:38 ` Aaron Toponce
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From: Chris Samuel @ 2010-08-03 3:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-btrfs
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..
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2010-08-03 3:27 why does btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"? Wang Shaoyan
2010-08-03 3:37 ` Chris Samuel
@ 2010-08-03 3:38 ` Aaron Toponce
2010-08-03 6:53 ` Tracy Reed
2010-08-07 22:53 ` Gábor Lehel
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From: Aaron Toponce @ 2010-08-03 3:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-btrfs
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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".
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* Re: why does btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"?
2010-08-03 3:27 why does btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"? Wang Shaoyan
2010-08-03 3:37 ` Chris Samuel
2010-08-03 3:38 ` Aaron Toponce
@ 2010-08-03 6:53 ` Tracy Reed
2010-08-07 22:53 ` Gábor Lehel
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From: Tracy Reed @ 2010-08-03 6:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Wang Shaoyan; +Cc: linux-btrfs
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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.
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* Re: why does btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"?
2010-08-03 3:27 why does btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"? Wang Shaoyan
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2010-08-03 6:53 ` Tracy Reed
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From: Gábor Lehel @ 2010-08-07 22:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Wang Shaoyan; +Cc: linux-btrfs
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Wang Shaoyan <stufever@gmail.com> wrote=
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> 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.) :-)
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