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diff --git a/xpa/doc/pod/xpaname.pod b/xpa/doc/pod/xpaname.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7c0ea8d --- /dev/null +++ b/xpa/doc/pod/xpaname.pod @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +=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 |