Origin of 'awk'

[hafner at uxf.cso.uiuc.edu]

Sorry, the name "AWK" comes from the authors:  Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan.

Say, does anyone *really* know where the name "biff" comes from?  I've heard
two derivations:

1) "Be InFormed iF" mail arrives

2) That it was named after the Author's dog, Biff.