Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:33:44 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Chambers <> | Subject | Re: history of mrproper |
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On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Mike Sklar wrote:
> > Hopefully someone could enlighten me on the history of mrproper. I think > its a great name for making sources *proper*. In particular I'd like to > know what the *mr* might stand for. >
Mr Proper looks like he's an alias of Mr. Clean (Procter and Gamble). A very appropriate name considering the deep cleaning that "make mrproper" does!
See e.g. www.mrproper.de and www.mrclean.com :-)
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