On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Todd Vierling wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> 
> : I'd vote for another name, if we could. I gather there's no prior art? 
> : Maybe "oh"? It's dorky too, but my first thought for "ho" was, "Oooo. It's
> : the red-light district compiler!" We might be in a no-win situation. :-)
> 
> Hm.  I thought about `.go' meaning "generator object," but that's been done
> on some hosts for `-g' objects.
> 
> However, `.oo' hasn't been done, and this one sounds more interesting to
> use.  Perhaps `.xo'?

`.oo' is a temporary target used when generating kernel libs.  I think
it's used when generating assembly language modules.  The rules
immediately rename it to `.o' if everything works fine, however, so you
may never see it.

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Eduardo Horvath				eeh@one-o.com
	"I need to find a pithy new quote." -- me