alliance-support '01
Re: Naming of lynx?


Ludovic JACOMME (Ludovic.JACOMME@asim.lip6.fr)
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 11:29:47 +0200

Hi, On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 03:18:55PM -0700, Matt Karaffa wrote: > Bonjour to all the developers - > I have one quick question - I am not sure if it has been asked > before. Why is the layout-extraction tool named "lynx"? > This happens to be the name of the popular console-based web browser for UNIX, > and can cause some confusion if both are in the user's path (It confused me a > lot for a minute). I started programming a netlist extractor called lynx in January 1992. As far as i know, the famous web browser you're talking about was initiated later, in 1993. Is it a good answer ? ;) > Thank you for any response this might merit - I appreciate all the > work that has been put into developing and supporting the Alliance > tool-set. > > Matt Karaffa Regards, Ludo. (_) ___ Ludovic JACOMME _ _ ( ) ( ) ( ) ( 6 ) Laboratoire LIP6, Equipe ASIM ( ) (_) ( _ ) Couloir 65-66, 4eme etage Porte 405, ( )___ ( ) Universite P. et M. Curie (P6) (_____) (_) 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05 Tel: (33) 01.44.27.27.06 01.44.27.54.15 Fax: (33) 01.44.27.72.80 ICQ: 62526530 mailto: Ludovic.Jacomme@asim.lip6.fr http: //www-asim.lip6.fr/~ludo

 



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