it is not an acronym, just a name. The idea is to make a system that
provides a solid ROOT on which other systems can grow (as you can see
with Trees, Branches and Leafs we are deep in the fauna nomenclature -:)).
Also, the name ROOT contains nicely the letters OO of Object Oriented.
Cheers, Fons.
O'NEEL Bruce wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Silly question, but, what does ROOT stand for? Is it an acroynm? I
> work for someone who this is important to in terms of monthly reports.
>
> cheers
>
> bruce
>
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