Bryan Cantrill stated: < < > well, "Thumper" is actually a reference to Bambi
I keep thinking of the classic AC/DC song when Fowler and thumpers are mentioned.. s/thunder/thumper/ < < You'd have to ask Fowler, but certainly when he coined it, "Bambi" was the < last thing on anyone's mind. I believe Fowler's intention was "one that < thumps" (or, in the unique parlance of a certain Commander-in-Chief, < "one that gives a thumpin'"). < < - Bryan < < -------------------------------------------------------------------------- < Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/bmc < _______________________________________________ < zfs-discuss mailing list < zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org < http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss -- Sean. . _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
