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diff --git a/xpa/doc/pod/xpaname.pod b/xpa/doc/pod/xpaname.pod deleted file mode 100644 index 7c0ea8d..0000000 --- a/xpa/doc/pod/xpaname.pod +++ /dev/null @@ -1,56 +0,0 @@ -=pod - -=head1 NAME - - - -B<XPAName: What does XPA stand for?> - - - -=head1 SYNOPSIS - - - - - -What does XPA stand for? Who knows anymore! - - - -=head1 DESCRIPTION - - - - - -What does XPA stand for? Dunno! The XPA messaging system originally -was built on top of the X Window System and XPA was the mnemonic for -I<X Public Access>, to emphasize that we were providing public -access to previously private data and algorithms in Xt programs. Now -that XPA no longer is tied to X, it can be argued that we ought to -change the name (how about SPAM: simple public access mechanism -), but XPA is in wide-spread use in the astronomical community of -its birth, and the name has taken on a life of its own. If anyone can -think of what XPA now means, please let us know. - - -If you think this is bad, consider the MMT Telescope on Mount Hopkins, -Arizona. When first installed twenty years ago, it featured an array -of six 72-inch diameter mirrors. from which came its name: the -I<Multiple Mirror Telescope>. In spring of 1999, these mirrors -were replaced by a single 21 and 1/2 -foot diameter primary mirror, -the largest single-piece glass reflector on the North American -continent. And now MMT stands for ... MMT! - - - -=head1 SEE ALSO - - - -See xpa(n) for a list of XPA help pages - - - -=cut |