Yet another
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Among programmers, yet another is an idiomatic qualifier in the name of a computer program, organisation, or event that is confessedly unoriginal.[1]
Stephen C. Johnson is credited with establishing the naming convention in the late 1970s when he named his compiler-compiler yacc (Yet Another Compiler-Compiler), since he felt there were already numerous compiler-compilers in circulation at the time.
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- Yabasic – Yet another BASIC
- Yacc – Yet another compiler compiler
- Yacas – Yet another computer algebra system
- YafaRay – Yet another free Ray tracer
- YAFFS – Yet Another Flash File System
- Yahoo! – Yet another hierarchical, officious oracle[2]
- YAM – Yet Another Mailer, an email client
- YAML – Yet Another Markup Language. Later redefined to YAML Ain't Markup Language, making a recursive acronym
- Yandex – Yet another indexer,[3] a web search engine and index
- YAP – Yet Another Previewer, document previewer
- YAP – Yet Another Prolog, an implementation of the Prolog programming language
- YAPC – Yet Another Perl Conference
- YARV – Yet Another Ruby VM
- YaST – Yet another Setup Tool, an operating system installation and configuration wizard for SUSE Linux distributions
- YAWL – Yet Another Workflow Language, a business process modeling language for diagramming workflow patterns
- Yaws – Yet another web server
- Yafc – Yet another FTP client
[edit] See also
- Another
- All articles starting with "Yet Another …" or "Yet another …"
[edit] References
- ^ Tulsyan, Yash, ed. (25 June 2011). "Yet Another". Jargon File. http://www.cosman246.com/jargon.html#Yet%20Another. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ Gurnitsky, Joanna. "What Does 'Yahoo' Stand For?". Internet for Beginners. About.com. http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/internet101/f/yahoostory.htm. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ "What does "Yandex" mean?". Frequently Asked Questions. Yandex. http://company.yandex.com/press_center/faq.xml. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
