Re: why does btrfs pronounce "butter-eff-ess"?

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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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